Skip to main content

October 21, 2019

Negotiating a prepackaged asbestos plan and having been paid by the debtor does not disqualify a future claimants’ representative under the disinterestedness standard.

October 15, 2019

Although Florida permits practicing law under a fictitious name, the Bankruptcy Rules are more rigorous and require full disclosure, new Delaware judge says.

October 02, 2019

Florida case raises the question of whether the Supreme Court will eventually give bankruptcy a general exemption from arbitration, or an exemption only for core proceedings.

September 26, 2019

September 24, 2019

Seventh Circuit splits with other circuits on basis for jurisdiction to determine the amount of a tax.

September 23, 2019

Continuing the business after buying the assets from the lender at a foreclosure sale doesn’t bring successor liability.

September 20, 2019

Professing to follow Ritzen, Sixth Circuit BAP reverts to a more pragmatic approach to ‘finality.’

September 19, 2019

Judges Stark and Carey from Delaware distinguish between prohibiting the power and the right to assign a claim.

September 18, 2019

Although a foreclosure sale can be immune from fraudulent transfer attack, a tax foreclosure not based on the value of the property can be a preference.

September 17, 2019

Discovery abuse in a prior lawsuit can result in nondischargeability in a later bankruptcy.