November 08, 2024
A per curiam decision from the Seventh Circuit raises the question of whether Truck Insurance overruled ‘person aggrieved’ sub silentio.
7th Circuit
November 07, 2024
A district court in Houston denied a motion to dismiss a confirmation appeal as equitably moot, although reversal might alter ownership of the reorganized debtor.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
November 06, 2024
To defeat motions to dismiss, preference and fraudulent transfer complaints need not contain all the information to be learned in discovery, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
November 05, 2024
An involuntary petitioner whose claim was paid after filing is still counted as an involuntary petitioner, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.
9th Circuit
November 01, 2024
A district court in Florida upheld Bankruptcy Judge Peter Russin in holding that substantive consolidation does not require an adversary proceeding, a summons or a complaint.
11th Circuit, Florida, Florida Southern District
October 28, 2024
At least with regard to standing for objections to claims, Delaware’s Judge Craig Goldblatt believes that the Truck Insurance standard for chapter 11 also applies in chapter 7.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
October 18, 2024
Once affirmed in the Ninth Circuit, the debtor could file a petition for certiorari to resolve an important circuit split on assumption of intellectual property contracts.
9th Circuit, California, California Eastern District
October 17, 2024
An opinion by Bankruptcy Judge Carl L. Bucki might be read, incorrectly, to mean that Purdue precludes preliminary injunctions stopping suits against nondebtors.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Western District
