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October 04, 2021

The Iqbal and Twombly standards don’t apply to involuntary petitioners who are required to use Official Form 105.

September 30, 2021

A creditor can’t elect a trustee to pick its adversary in a lawsuit, Bankruptcy Judge Gunn says.

September 29, 2021

Confirming a chapter 13 plan on the assumption that a claim was entitled to priority didn’t bar the debtors from later objecting to the priority of the claim.

September 28, 2021

Under unusual circumstances, a two-year delay in completing service of process was not fatal in the Eleventh Circuit.

September 24, 2021

Had the purchaser of estate claims offered to waive its own unsecured claim, the sale might have been approved.

September 23, 2021

The Nevada Supreme Court correctly unpacked the confusing notions of bankruptcy jurisdiction and the division of authority between district and bankruptcy courts.

September 21, 2021

Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez explained why the Second Circuit was wrong in ruling that violators of Rule 3002.1 are only liable for compensatory damages.

September 20, 2021

The Tenth Circuit will likely take sides on a split between the Ninth and Seventh Circuits on Section 544(b) state-law claims brought by a trustee in the shoes of an actual creditor.

September 17, 2021

Properly structuring a leveraged refinancing in the Second Circuit can avoid attack as a fraudulent transfer despite the Supreme Court’s effort at narrowing the ‘safe harbor.’

September 16, 2021

Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.