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Practice and Procedure

Discharge May Be Enforced in Another District, Brooklyn Judge Says

Bankruptcy court has power to entertain a nationwide class action asserting a discharge violation.

A District Court Rules that the U.S. Trustee Fee Increase Isn’t Retroactive

California district judge sides with the dissenter in the Fifth Circuit in saying that the parallel systems of U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators violates the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution.

No Disqualification When Lawyers at Adversary Firms Were Dating

Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.

Holding Impounded Cars Still Might Violate the Automatic Stay, Seventh Circuit Says

Seventh Circuit says that Fulton left open the question of whether holding an impounded car violates Sections 362(a)(4) or (a)(6).

Ninth Circuit BAP and a Brooklyn District Judge Agree on Removal to the Bankruptcy Court

Bankruptcy removal statute doesn’t permit moving a suit in district court to the bankruptcy court in another district.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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Creditor Filing Time-Barred Claims Is Hit with Debtor’s Attorneys’ Fees

The Supreme Court’s Midland Funding opinion was no defense to invocation of a Nevada statute shifting fees and compelling the creditor to pay the debtor’s costs in expunging stale claims.