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ABI Journal

362

District Courts Disagree on Enforcing an ‘Automatic Stay’ Protecting Nondebtors

A district judge in Ohio declined to sit as an appellate court by deciding whether a bankruptcy court in another state had properly ‘spread’ the automatic stay.

For Foreign Liquidators, Chapter 15 Is Better than Using Common Law, Decision Shows

A foreign liquidator, who ran into problems in the Third Circuit using common law, changed course and quickly obtained relief in chapter 15.

A Magistrate Judge Refuses to Enforce an Order Staying Actions Against Nondebtors

A magistrate judge decided that a bankruptcy court’s order from another district halting suits against nondebtors was unenforceable because it was not an ‘injunction’ made under Section 105(a).

Barring Use of an Online Payment Platform Was an Automatic Stay Violation

Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner decided that a mortgage servicer must allow a chapter 13 debtor’s continued use of an online payment platform.