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California Central District

Acevedo Doesn’t Bar Compensation for Services Before Entry of a Retention Order

So long as there was no delay in filing the retention application, Judge Tighe identified statutory and practical reasons for allowing compensation for services rendered before entry of a retention order.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

A District Court Rules that the U.S. Trustee Fee Increase Isn’t Retroactive

California district judge sides with the dissenter in the Fifth Circuit in saying that the parallel systems of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators violates the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Landlord Socked $606,000 for Opposing Lease Assumption

Fee-shifting clause in the lease entitled the debtor to recover $606,000 in attorneys’ fees from the landlord for opposing lease assumption.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Covid Eviction Moratoria Didn’t Apply in a Bankruptcy Case

Bankruptcy court evicted a debtor from his residence because he didn’t qualify for the Covid-19 moratoria.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Removing a Beneficiary of a Revocable Trust Isn’t a Fraudulent Transfer

An expectancy interest in a trust isn’t “property” to underlay a fraudulent transfer suit.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Exotic Aircraft Finance Defeats a Trustee on Recharacterization

Electing English law upheld, even though no one had any connection with the U.K.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

First Opinion on the SBRA Permits Conversion of an Existing Chapter 11 Case

Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson of Santa Ana, Calif., issued the first reported decision on the new small business reorganization law that became effective on February 19.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Committee Members Must Disclose the True Extent of Their Claims, Judge Says

The claim of a member of a creditors’ committee was subordinated because she evaded disclosure that her claims would consume the entire estate.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

Bankruptcy Judge OKs Four Years of Jailing for Civil Contempt

An appellate court will decide whether four years of jailing means that civil incarceration has become futile.

9th Circuit
California
California Central District

California Judge Won’t Allow ‘Chapter 20’ to Work Its Magic

Opinion doesn’t cite contrary Ninth Circuit and BAP authority permitting ‘chapter 20.’

9th Circuit
California
California Central District
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