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Following the Model Rules and erecting ethical screens allows adversary lawyers to date and marry.

Third Circuit says: You can object to a Rule 2004 discovery motion or move to quash a subpoena under Federal Rule 45, but not both.

The Third Circuit opinion by Thomas Ambro explained that the ‘close nexus’ test does not apply when a post-conformation dispute is ‘core’ or entails enforcing a court order.

An appeal to the Third Circuit may tell us whether a ‘notwithstanding any other provision’ clause really means what it says.

A representative of future claimants must meet a higher standard than disinterestedness, the Third Circuit said, but technical conflicts may not be disqualifying.

Bankruptcy Judge Craig T. Goldblatt declined to interpret an indenture’s ratable treatment clause as anti-subordination in disguise.

Delaware corporations must have shareholder approval to sell all or substantially all assets outside of bankruptcy.

The amendment to Section 547(b) does not require a preference complaint to explain why the defendant doesn’t have affirmative defenses, Judge Walrath says.

Absent an ‘actual conflict,’ disqualification is not automatic, the Third Circuit says.

The Affordable Care Act’s ‘individual mandate’ was a tax measured by income, thus giving the IRS a priority tax claim.