June 17, 2016

Sixth Circuit Joins the Split on Whether Bankruptcy Courts Are ‘Courts of the U.S.’

The Supreme Court may have a new case to elevate or diminish the status of bankruptcy courts.

6th Circuit

June 16, 2016

Circuit Rules Against Equitable Tolling for Objections to Discharge

Section 727(a)(2) is not a statute of limitations, Ninth Circuit holds.

9th Circuit

June 15, 2016

Seventh Circuit Broadens ‘Ordinary Course’ Defense to Benefit Suppliers

Seventh Circuit lauds Judge Lane’s Quebecor World preference opinion.

7th Circuit

June 10, 2016

Bankruptcy Judge Sidesteps State Prohibition Against Ponzi Scheme Presumptions

Judge resuscitates Petters suits to recover fictitious profits paid in a Ponzi scheme.

8th Circuit, Minnesota

June 09, 2016

Substantive Consolidation Does Not Supply Actual Creditor for 544(b) Suit

Petters bankruptcy spawns another monumental Ponzi scheme opinion.

8th Circuit, Minnesota

June 03, 2016

Qui Tam Suits Are Exceptions from the Automatic Stay

Automatic stay is no safe harbor from suits under the False Claims Act.

11th Circuit, Florida, Florida Middle District

June 01, 2016

Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Case Bars Invocation of Judicial Estoppel

Dismissing a chapter 13 case successfully retains the benefit of a lawsuit for the debtor alone.

5th Circuit, Louisiana

May 26, 2016

Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Debt Collectors, Deepening Split of Circuits on the FDCPA

Appeals court finds no ‘irreconcilable conflict’ between the FDCPA and the Bankruptcy Code.

11th Circuit

May 24, 2016

Domino Effect on Bankruptcy Is Enough for ‘Related To’ Jurisdiction, Circuit Says

State procedural laws mandating dismissal are not applicable in federal court.

5th Circuit

May 23, 2016

Debt for Rape Is Dischargeable Without Proof of Subjective Intent to Injure

Proving occurrence of rape evidently does not carry a presumption of intent to injure.

10th Circuit, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Western District