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ABI Journal

March 06, 2018

March 05, 2018

Some justices are critical of the existing test for ruling on non-statutory insider status.

February 20, 2018

How to ruin a good case: have your adversary arrested during mediation.

February 14, 2018

Local lawyers were also caught up in the maelstrom caused by a ‘nationwide’ firm that skirted bankruptcy law and rules.

January 23, 2018

California judge won’t bar the debtor from settling for more than the original $6 million in compensatory damages while forsaking $40 million in punitive damages earmarked for public interest groups.

January 22, 2018

Lender cannot hide behind a disclaimer to avoid sanctions for violating the discharge injunction, Ninth Circuit BAP holds.

January 19, 2018

Losing its patience with late-filed appeals, the Fifth Circuit is close to making significant sanctions automatic.

January 12, 2018

Circuits split on power of bankruptcy courts to impose punitive or criminal contempt sanctions.

December 06, 2017

Circuit court broadly interprets fee shifting in Section 362(k) for a willful stay violation.

December 04, 2017

Judges uses Section 329(a) to vacate a contingency lien for more than the value of the lawyer’s services.