May 21, 2019
For now, the high court ducks an important automatic stay question for chapter 13 debtors.
Supreme Court
May 20, 2019
Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.
Supreme Court
May 17, 2019
Discretionary bonuses by an insolvent employer are not automatically fraudulent transfers, Judge Silverstein says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
May 14, 2019
Fifth Circuit rejects the ‘recodification canon’ to divest bankruptcy courts of jurisdiction over Social Security suits.
5th Circuit
May 10, 2019
Second Circuit won’t give a defendant a windfall if the debtor scheduled the lawsuit in the wrong place but told the trustee and the court.
2nd Circuit
May 09, 2019
Creditors lack standing in Delaware and other states for derivative liability suits against officers and managers of LPs and LLCs.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
May 06, 2019
If a ‘marijuana’ case dodges a motion to dismiss, objecting to confirmation is too late, the Ninth Circuit says.
9th Circuit
May 03, 2019
Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd limits a recent Sixth Circuit opinion to its facts in holding that a bank was not liable to pay professional fees from a cash collateral carveout.
6th Circuit, Kentucky, Kentucky Western District
May 01, 2019
Even if a debtor has committed fraud, at least three creditors still must join an involuntary petition if the debtor has 12 or more creditors.
1st Circuit
