High court rules that federal courts may make federal common law only to protect ‘uniquely’ federal interests.

Bankruptcy judge finds no statutory power for a chapter 13 trustee to prosecute a lawsuit that the debtor was judicially estopped for pursuing.

Reinstating a ruling by Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris, the appeals court held that the Manville asbestos trust covers both in rem and in personam claims by ‘future’ claimants against insurers and brokers.

Appeals court says that using a trust for future asbestos claims rather than a bar order would be cheaper and avoid unnecessary litigation.

The bankruptcy court had ‘core’ jurisdiction over a dispute between two nondebtor third parties because the litigation involved the interpretation of a financing order.

The 2005 amendments to Section 546(c) departed from state law under UCC § 2-702 by creating a federal rule making reclamation claims subordinate to existing secured claims and DIP financing.

Delaware’s Judge Owens won’t allow perpetrators of a fraudulent transfer to benefit from avoiding the transfer.

First Circuit rules that an order finding a stay violation must be appealed before the bankruptcy court grants an award of attorneys’ fees.

District judge decides that he lacked jurisdiction to enforce a cross-border protocol against foreign liquidators.

The one-year discovery clause in UFTA allows a debtor or trustee to file an avoidance suit even if the ordinary four-year statute has elapsed.