Creditors Lack Standing to Enforce the Automatic Stay in the Ninth Circuit A subordinate lender lacked appellate standing to appeal the annulment of the automatic stay in favor of a senior lender. Read more about Creditors Lack Standing to Enforce the Automatic Stay in the Ninth Circuit
Detroit Judge Criticizes the Second Circuit’s Tribune Decision on the Safe Harbor The Supreme Court is considering whether to review another case defining the safe harbor in Section 546(e). Read more about Detroit Judge Criticizes the Second Circuit’s Tribune Decision on the Safe Harbor
Supreme Court Hears Argument in Fulton: Is Inaction an Automatic Stay Violation? Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split by deciding whether a change in the status quo must occur before the automatic stay is violated. Read more about Supreme Court Hears Argument in Fulton: Is Inaction an Automatic Stay Violation?
Unrepentant Lender Slammed with $260,000 in Damages for an ‘Egregious’ Stay Violation Lender soon recognized that home foreclosure violated the stay but continued denying liability through seven years of litigation. Read more about Unrepentant Lender Slammed with $260,000 in Damages for an ‘Egregious’ Stay Violation
‘Fair Ground of Doubt’ Under Taggart Isn’t Shown by Intending to Overturn Precedent The contemnor shoulders the burden of showing ‘uncertainty’ under the Taggart standard for contempt, Judge Barnes says. Read more about ‘Fair Ground of Doubt’ Under Taggart Isn’t Shown by Intending to Overturn Precedent
First Circuit Won’t Allow a Lien to Be Waived by Implication Foreclosing on cash doesn’t moot an appeal from the order modifying the automatic stay as to cash. Read more about First Circuit Won’t Allow a Lien to Be Waived by Implication
Ninth Circuit Reiterates Its Idiosyncratic Recoupment Standard Ninth Circuit abjures bright lines in favor of a flexible approach to defining recoupment. Read more about Ninth Circuit Reiterates Its Idiosyncratic Recoupment Standard
Second Circuit Holds that Flip Clauses in Swaps Are Enforceable Even if flip clauses are ipso facto clauses, the Second Circuit holds that enforcement is permitted by the safe harbor in Section 560. Read more about Second Circuit Holds that Flip Clauses in Swaps Are Enforceable
The Automatic Stay Is a Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card in Chicago The Seventh and Ninth Circuits may not be on the same page when it comes contempt citations falling under the Section 362(b)(4) exception to the automatic stay. Read more about The Automatic Stay Is a Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card in Chicago