Bankruptcy Litigation

The Slip-and-Fall Slip-Up

July 2017

21st Annual Great Debates (2017 Annual Spring Meeting)

Fees to Recover Sanctions Are Permitted under 28 U.S.C. § 1927

Lawyers can be nailed for misconduct under Section 1927, but not their clients.

Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Two Bankruptcy Cases on April 21

High court may decide whether the ‘safe harbor’ completely preempts state fraudulent transfer laws with regard to LBOs of bankrupt companies.

Consumers Have an Uphill Fight to Avoid a Second Supreme Court Defeat on the FDCPA

Statutory interpretation dominates argument on the term’s second FDCPA case.

Second Circuit Limits Res Judicata Effect of Prior Bankruptcy Proceedings

Appeals court was reluctant to let lawyers off the hook for allegedly unethical conduct.

Interlocutory Appeals and District Courts’ Gatekeeping Function

June 2017