Overruling its own precedent, the Seventh Circuit dismissed an appeal when the appellant had not filed a motion in the appeals court for permission to undertake a direct appeal, even though the bankruptcy court had certified the question to the circuit.

The right of indemnification by a bankrupt isn’t establishing ‘related to’ jurisdiction in federal court.

Judge Montali accuses FERC of a power grab to take the bankruptcy court’s right to rule on the rejection of executory contracts.

Fifth Circuit generally holds that heightened pleading standards in Rule 9(b) do not apply to claims that don’t rely on fraudulent activity, even though the overall scheme may be fraudulent.

A debtor collector’s knowledge or intent aren’t elements of a claim under the FDCPA.

Having previously made an ‘Erie’ guess finding no good faith defense to a fraudulent transfer, the Fifth Circuit now certifies the issue to the Texas Supreme Court.

New judge on the Sixth Circuit raises a host of questions about the requisites of standing in bankruptcy court.

For now, the high court ducks an important automatic stay question for chapter 13 debtors.

Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.

Discretionary bonuses by an insolvent employer are not automatically fraudulent transfers, Judge Silverstein says.