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ABI Journal

May 31, 2024

Amending a Claim After Confirmation Requires ‘Compelling Circumstances’

The Fifth Circuit joins two other circuits in requiring ‘more’ to amend a proof of claim after confirmation of a chapter 11 plan.

5th Circuit

May 22, 2024

District Judge Explains What a Notice of Appeal Does and Doesn’t Do

A notice of appeal precludes the court from modifying an order on appeal but does not impair enforcement of the order absent a stay pending appeal.

9th Circuit, Idaho

May 21, 2024

Receivership Didn’t Prevent an LLC’s Manager from Filing Bankruptcy for the LLC

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.

6th Circuit, Tennessee, Tennessee Middle District

May 14, 2024

Federal Government Doesn’t Have Sovereign Immunity to Avoid Contempt Sanctions

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.’

9th Circuit, California, California Central District

May 08, 2024

MOAC Again: No Remedy for the Landlord Despite Beating Sears in the Supreme Court

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.

2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District

May 06, 2024

After 180 Days, Confirmation Can’t Be Vacated, Even for the Best of Reasons

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

11th Circuit, Florida, Florida Southern District

May 03, 2024

District Court Narrowly Reads a Nondebtor Release in a Sale-Approval Order

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

2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District

May 02, 2024

District Court Orders Arbitration of All Noncore Claims, Reversing the 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.

2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District

May 01, 2024

Fifth Circuit Reaffirms the Use of ‘Gatekeeping’ Orders

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

5th Circuit

April 29, 2024

10th Circuit BAP Judges Survey the Appealability of Contempt Orders and Sanctions

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.

10th Circuit