May 12, 2020
Global warming claims were discharged even though the chapter 11 plan did not discharge claims under environmental laws.
8th Circuit
May 11, 2020
A mistake by a lawyer isn’t “deliberate” and therefore can’t be a judicial admission.
2nd Circuit
April 20, 2020
ABI Consumer Commission recommended that ‘comfort orders’ be obtained through motion practice, not adversary proceedings.
9th Circuit
April 10, 2020
Filing with PACER should be left to the experts, by which we mean paralegals.
10th Circuit, Utah
April 06, 2020
Tortious or fraudulent conduct needn’t be shown to hold a corporate employee liable for violating the automatic stay.
1st Circuit, Rhode Island
April 01, 2020
Circuit says it’s easy to show reasonable reliance on a false financial statement.
5th Circuit
March 27, 2020
Environmental fines are discharged in chapter 11 because they do not result from pecuniary loss.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
March 24, 2020
Taggart left open the question of whether the ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ standard for discharge violations also applies to contempt of the automatic stay.
9th Circuit
March 23, 2020
Discharge was violated, but sanctions are likely out of reach.
7th Circuit
March 19, 2020
The creditor was guilty of an automatic stay violation, but Taggart insulated the creditor from liability for a discharge violation for continuation of the same conduct.
9th Circuit, Nevada
