December 30, 2019
Appeals court upholds finding that the mortgage securities market in 2007 was declining, not dysfunctional.
3rd Circuit
December 26, 2019
Fifth Circuit should decide en banc whether nondebtor releases are permissible in receiverships but not in bankruptcy cases.
5th Circuit
December 23, 2019
Third Circuit emphasizes the limitation of nonconsensual, third-party releases to ‘exceptional’ cases.
3rd Circuit
December 16, 2019
Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit holds that FERC may offer its opinion but may not bar a bankruptcy court from rejecting a power purchase agreement after considering the public interest.
6th Circuit
December 10, 2019
Saying she is in the minority in her district, a new Delaware judge ruled that allowing creditors to opt out won’t permit a plan to impose nonconsensual, third-party releases.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
December 06, 2019
Despite atrocious mortgage servicing, the circuit court cut a jury’s $3 million award of punitive damages to $582,000.
7th Circuit
December 05, 2019
At oral argument, the justices seemed to recognize that Rodriguez v. FDIC does not raise the question of whether the lower courts relied on federal common law in deciding the ownership of a tax refund.
Supreme Court
