August 05, 2024
Deciding a bankruptcy appeal, the Sixth Circuit deepened an existing circuit split on time limitations for Rule 60(b)(4) motions.
6th Circuit
July 09, 2024
Having previously set aside a $240,000 sanction as criminal contempt, the Fifth Circuit affirmed $450,000 in civil contempt against the same contemnor in the same bankruptcy case.
5th Circuit
July 05, 2024
Tort claims are usually unliquidated, but a contract claim is liquidated if it’s precisely determinable by agreement or operation of law, Judge Lori Vaughan says.
11th Circuit, Florida, Florida Middle District
July 01, 2024
To resolve a circuit split, the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a trustee can sue the government to recover a fraudulent transfer under state law when sovereign immunity would bar an ‘actual creditor’ from suing.
Supreme Court
June 27, 2024
The Second Circuit gives competitors license to mount false advertising unless it’s ‘virtually certain’ to affect a debtor’s customer contracts or goodwill.
2nd Circuit
June 25, 2024
The circuits are split on whether a creditor has an ‘unfettered’ right to join as an involuntary petitioner.
1st Circuit
June 17, 2024
Saying that the constitutional infirmity was “small” and “short-lived,” the majority decided that prospective relief was enough because Congress subsequently enacted a law mandating uniformity in the future with regard to fees for U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators
Supreme Court
June 14, 2024
Although there was no split of circuits, the Supreme Court decided that Congress provided a sufficient remedy by requiring uniform fees going forward.
Supreme Court
