Is there flexibility to depart from bankruptcy priorities? Professors disagree.
Delaware’s Judge Shannon protects workers’ rights, disagreeing with some circuit courts.
District judge prescribes local rule for bankruptcy courts.
Judge Walrath disagrees with Judges Lifland and Gonzales on reclamation rights.
Bad result for a broker may have been avoided by raising other issues in the First Circuit.
Automatic disallowance under Section 502(d) held not applicable to administrative claims.
Common ownership and management aren’t enough to prove ‘single employer’ liability.
Failure to notice all class members was pivotal in permitting a class proof of claim.
Sometimes only priority creditors will have standing to appeal, Seventh Circuit says.