September 25, 2018
Delaware district judge rules that the bankruptcy court has final adjudicatory power to include third-party releases in confirmation orders.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
September 18, 2018
Third Circuit creates a high standard for revoking a vested contract right.
3rd Circuit
September 17, 2018
Constitutionally sufficient notice of a bar date may not preclude the use of a class proof of claim under Bankruptcy Rule 7023, Judge Hale says.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Northern District
September 10, 2018
Fourth Circuit disposes of a high-stakes appeal without oral argument in a terse, per curiam opinion incorporating the ‘reasons stated by the district court.’
4th Circuit
September 04, 2018
Ninth Circuit splits with the First on the interpretation of Section 106(a).
9th Circuit
August 30, 2018
Required records and authenticated documents already known to exist are not protected from production by the privilege against self-incrimination.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
August 29, 2018
By removing the incumbent board, a receiver can bar the old board from filing a bankruptcy petition, the Ninth Circuit holds.
9th Circuit
August 23, 2018
Additional judgment enforcement remedies under the Bankruptcy Code don’t justify an involuntary petition.
2nd Circuit
