January 07, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Merit Management opinion fails to persuade the Second Circuit to change the result in Tribune.
2nd Circuit
January 03, 2020
A contempt hearing fell under the ‘criminal’ exception to the automatic stay, but jailing a debtor to coerce payment of a prepetition debt violated the stay, Judge Grossman ruled.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
December 26, 2019
The Texas UFTA Has No ‘Futility Defense’ When a Transferee Is on Inquiry Notice
5th Circuit
December 26, 2019
Fifth Circuit should decide en banc whether nondebtor releases are permissible in receiverships but not in bankruptcy cases.
5th Circuit
December 23, 2019
Third Circuit emphasizes the limitation of nonconsensual, third-party releases to ‘exceptional’ cases.
3rd Circuit
December 13, 2019
The Supreme Court wants the government’s opinion about comity and the extraterritorial application of Sections 548 and 550.
Supreme Court
December 10, 2019
The ‘fraud-specific discovery rule’ might permit FDCPA suits filed more than one year after the occurrence that gives rise to the claim.
Supreme Court
December 06, 2019
Despite atrocious mortgage servicing, the circuit court cut a jury’s $3 million award of punitive damages to $582,000.
7th Circuit
December 05, 2019
At oral argument, the justices seemed to recognize that Rodriguez v. FDIC does not raise the question of whether the lower courts relied on federal common law in deciding the ownership of a tax refund.
Supreme Court
