Displaying with Topic Bankruptcy Litigation

Another Spokeo opinion from the Supreme Court may trim back federal consumer protection laws.

The statute is tolled only if the creditors’ committee is denied standing to sue.

GM’s ignition switch fiasco continues making bankruptcy law on deprivation of the constitutional right to notice.

A settlement prompts the high court to ditch a case deciding whether state or federal law governs recharacterization.

First Circuit is uncharacteristically lenient on debtors in the context of a motion for a trustee.

A transfer of fully encumbered property isn’t a ‘transfer’ under UFTA, Georgia judge holds.

Two years in jail and $1,000 in daily fines are ok as civil contempt sanctions.

Decisions to surrender aren’t made in ‘perpetuity,’ Judge Isicoff holds.

Chapter 11 committees achieve standing more readily than chapter 13 debtors.

Massachusetts judge explores the circuit split on barring creditors’ direct claims against non-bankrupt third parties.