Ethics

Good Faith Is No Defense to an Allegedly Willful Stay Violation, Third Circuit Says

Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.

Appeal from a ‘PPP’ Loan Dismissed as Equitably Moot

Would Section 364(c) validate a “PPP” loan even if an order compelling the SBA to make the loan was reversed on appeal?

Subchapter V Trustee Removed for an Undisclosed Conflict of Interest

Although disqualified and removed for an undisclosed conflict, the trustee was not removed in all other cases.

Crossover Ethics Topic: Strategies and Risks of Bankruptcy as a Response to State Court Litigation

Ethics: Know Before You Go

NC Appellate Court Rules Plans Must Be Unambiguous to Hold a Creditor in Civil Contempt, Citing Taggart

After Taggart v. Lorenzen, plans, orders and injunctions must be highly specific to hold an offending creditor in contempt.

‘Cert’ Petitions Raise Equitable Mootness and Federal Preemption in the Supreme Court

‘Cert’ petitions presenting two bankruptcy issues worthy of review by the Supreme Court will be considered by the justices at the ‘long conference’ on September 27.