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Bankruptcy Litigation

Surprising Analysis Yields the Expected Result on Choice of Law for Claims

Chosen law governed statute of limitations for allowance of claims in bankruptcy.

First Circuit Interprets PROMESA’s Automatic Stay Broadly, Reverses District Court

Circuit court bars lawsuit by one Puerto Rico bondholder group against another.

Civil Contempt Proceedings Exempt from Automatic Stay in Ninth Circuit

No automatic stay to protect litigation misconduct in the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Friday, March 31, 2017
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Equitable Mootness Doesn’t Deprive Appellate Court of Jurisdiction

Impossibility of upsetting a confirmed plan doesn’t result in constitutional mootness, only equitable mootness.

Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation Doesn’t Bar Later Claim Objections, Circuit Holds

Res judicata does not apply to ‘deemed allowed’ claims.