July 21, 2025
Approving a retainer after the fact was a sensible exercise of the court’s discretion when the new lawyer’s services were necessary to avoid dismissal of the Subchapter V case.
New York Northern District
March 04, 2025
When retention benefits the chapter 11 debtor individually but not the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Bradley believes that compensation is not subject to approval under Section 330.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
December 13, 2024
Prominent news organizations failed to overturn the redaction of customer information in a big cryptocurrency case.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
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
September 26, 2024
Judge Dale Somers adopted a ‘liberal’ construction of Section 1107(b) to retain a professional person who had been an officer of the debtor.
10th Circuit, Kansas
July 18, 2024
In the first decision on the topic after Purdue, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt denied the debtor’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop a lawsuit against nondebtors.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
December 26, 2023
The Third Circuit gave royalty owners a constructive trust over royalties improperly paid to secured creditors. The circuit court did not rule on remedy.
3rd Circuit
July 14, 2023
A bankruptcy judge in Oregon was unable to follow renowned Bankruptcy Judges ‘Burt’ Lifland and ‘Mike’ Lynn, who granted critical vendor motions.
9th Circuit, Oregon
March 14, 2023
District judge in Connecticut upheld an award of ‘default’ interest, even though the fully secured lender had opposed the chapter 11 process and resisted the use of its cash collateral.
2nd Circuit, Connecticut
