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Absent ‘concerns peculiar to bankruptcy’ when there is an arbitration clause, the district court followed Henry Schein by saying that the bankruptcy court should have allowed arbitrators to decide which claims are arbitrable, or not.
New York’s Judge Martin Glenn disapproved a lockup agreement masquerading as a plan-support agreement that required the creditor to vote for any plan the debtor might propose.
A lawyer was found to have committed fraud on the court for filing schedules claiming ownership of property that another court had found not to be the debtor’s property.
Across the board, the district court affirmed a decision by Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles that minimized landlords’ claims resulting from lease termination or rejection.
Bucking the weight of authority, a district judge allowed an equity committee to appeal dismissal of a chapter 11 case, where the committee wanted a chapter 11 trustee rather than dismissal.
