October 28, 2021
The Ninth Circuit B.A.P. says that the automatic stay does not require dismissal of prepetition lawsuits against debtors.
9th Circuit
October 26, 2021
Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
October 21, 2021
Disclosing a lawsuit in the SOFA and discussing the suit with the trustee was no substitute for listing the suit among a debtor’s assets, the Ninth Circuit held.
9th Circuit
October 19, 2021
Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
October 15, 2021
An arbitration case to be argued in November may inform bankruptcy courts whether they must enforce arbitration agreements.
Supreme Court
October 12, 2021
Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein explains appellate jurisdiction, finality, cumulative finality and mislabeled motions for reconsideration.
9th Circuit
October 08, 2021
The circuits are now split 2/2 on whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because the increase didn’t apply immediately in bankruptcy administrator districts.
10th Circuit
