Enforcement of an Existing Injunction Is Not ‘Final’ and Thus Not Appealable Tronox spans more law, this time on finality regarding injunctions. Judge Name - Do not use it. Richard C. Wesley Read more about Enforcement of an Existing Injunction Is Not ‘Final’ and Thus Not Appealable
Second Circuit Limits Res Judicata Effect of Prior Bankruptcy Proceedings Appeals court was reluctant to let lawyers off the hook for allegedly unethical conduct. Judge Name - Do not use it. Peter W. Hall Read more about Second Circuit Limits Res Judicata Effect of Prior Bankruptcy Proceedings
Personal Bankruptcy Bars Incarceration, but Not Finding of Civil Contempt FTC allowed to continue contempt proceedings for failure to pay restitution. Judge Name - Do not use it. Paul A. Crotty Read more about Personal Bankruptcy Bars Incarceration, but Not Finding of Civil Contempt
New York Judge Takes Different Approach to Repeat-Filer Automatic Stay Termination Using a different approach, Judge Grossman agrees with the minority on Section 362(c)(3)(A). Judge Name - Do not use it. Robert E. Grossman Read more about New York Judge Takes Different Approach to Repeat-Filer Automatic Stay Termination
Circuit Split Brewing on Modifying Mortgages on Mixed-Use Properties Lower courts are tending to disagree with two circuits on Section 1322(b)(2). Judge Name - Do not use it. Alan S. Trust Read more about Circuit Split Brewing on Modifying Mortgages on Mixed-Use Properties
Oil & Gas Gathering Agreements Can Be Rejected as Executory Contracts Pipeline companies strike out again in New York on Texas law question. Judge Name - Do not use it. Jed S. Rakoff Read more about Oil & Gas Gathering Agreements Can Be Rejected as Executory Contracts
Loan Agreement Gives U.S. Court Jurisdiction over Foreign Bank Lender Few U.S. connections required for ‘specific jurisdiction’ over a foreign lender. Judge Name - Do not use it. Martin Glenn Read more about Loan Agreement Gives U.S. Court Jurisdiction over Foreign Bank Lender
Constructive Trust Theory Fails Without Showing Unjust Enrichment Parents who benefitted from son’s secret ownership couldn’t claim title. Judge Name - Do not use it. Nancy Hershey Lord Read more about Constructive Trust Theory Fails Without Showing Unjust Enrichment
Judge Punts on How the Rule of Explicitness Survived Adoption of the Code Circuits split on whether Section 510(b) killed off the exception to the Rule of Explicitness. Judge Name - Do not use it. Deborah A. Batts Read more about Judge Punts on How the Rule of Explicitness Survived Adoption of the Code
Appeals Brewing on Breadth of the Barton Doctrine in the Second Circuit Will the Second Circuit follow the Ninth with a broad reading of Barton v. Barbour? Judge Name - Do not use it. Martin Glenn Read more about Appeals Brewing on Breadth of the Barton Doctrine in the Second Circuit