Judge Randal Mashburn described what a state court must do in appointing a receiver that would prevent an LLC’s manager from filing a bankruptcy petition.

Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson nailed the government with $38,000 in sanctions for a ‘willful’ violation of a discovery order shown by ‘clear and convincing evidence.’

On remand from the Supreme Court and the Second Circuit, the district court decides that the Mall of America landlord isn’t entitled to more than the bargain it made with Sears in 1991.

Federal Rule 60(b) can’t ‘end run’ Section 1144, Bankruptcy Judge Kimball holds.

A potential bidder wasn’t barred from suing the successful bidder outside of bankruptcy court.

Absent ‘concerns peculiar to bankruptcy’ when there is an arbitration clause, the district court followed Henry Schein by saying that the bankruptcy court should have allowed arbitrators to decide which claims are arbitrable, or not.

As a follow-up to Highland Capital Management, the Fifth Circuit explained when gatekeeping orders are appropriate.

The BAP judges disagreed over whether the amount of sanctions had to be fixed before there could be an appeal from an order declaring that the injured party was entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees for the contemnor’s contempt.

A lawyer was found to have committed fraud on the court for filing schedules claiming ownership of property that another court had found not to be the debtor’s property.

The Supreme Court again retreated from the idea that there’s a strong federal policy in favor of arbitration.