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April 19, 2019

Judge in Mississippi remands a suit to state court because the notice of removal was filed with the bankruptcy clerk, not the district court clerk.

April 17, 2019

Judge Hunt in Chicago tells debtors’ counsel to oppose inclusion of unjustifiable provisions in chapter 13 plans, even if it means contested confirmation hearings.

April 05, 2019

Following dicta in Bellingham, Judge Collins finds no power to enter a final order in a fraudulent transfer suit against a defendant who did not consent.

April 04, 2019

Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.

April 03, 2019

Judges Pappas and Teel permit avoidance actions for small amounts to be prosecuted in the debtors’ bankruptcy courts.

April 02, 2019

Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.

March 29, 2019

First Circuit interprets chapter 9 and PROMESA to permit but not compel payments to special revenue bondholders during debt arrangement proceedings.

March 28, 2019

First Circuit bars use of declaratory judgments restricting Puerto Rico’s use of tax revenues.

March 27, 2019

Curiously, a Ninth Circuit panel imposed significant pleading requirements for FCRA complaints but only issued a nonprecedential opinion.

March 26, 2019

A failure to distinguish between res judicata and collateral estoppel turned out to be costly.