May 20, 2019
Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.
Supreme Court
May 17, 2019
Discretionary bonuses by an insolvent employer are not automatically fraudulent transfers, Judge Silverstein says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
May 14, 2019
Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.
5th Circuit
May 13, 2019
Egregious behavior doesn’t always result in nondischargeability for willful and malicious injury.
4th Circuit
May 10, 2019
Second Circuit won’t give a defendant a windfall if the debtor scheduled the lawsuit in the wrong place but told the trustee and the court.
2nd Circuit
May 10, 2019
Appeals court lauds Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Norman’s ‘well-reasoned’ opinion.
5th Circuit
May 06, 2019
If a ‘marijuana’ case dodges a motion to dismiss, objecting to confirmation is too late, the Ninth Circuit says.
9th Circuit
May 01, 2019
Even if a debtor has committed fraud, at least three creditors still must join an involuntary petition if the debtor has 12 or more creditors.
1st Circuit
April 30, 2019
If the involuntary corporate debtor was deadlocked and unable to act, the dissenter would have permitted a 50% shareholder to seek damage for dismissal of the petition.
9th Circuit
April 24, 2019
Conversely, giving notice to a creditor’s state-court counsel may not be adequate, New Jersey judge says.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
