Practice and Procedure

Stays Are Automatic from Denial of a Motion to Dismiss for Sovereign Immunity

Courts are divided on whether the district court loses jurisdiction to stay proceedings in bankruptcy court after the filing of a notice of appeal.

Consumer Workshop IV: It’s About You: Mental Health, Professionalism and Burnout

Health Care Technology: Ransomeware Risk and Protection

May 2020

IWIRC Program: Balancing the Ticket: Mediation Strategies in Bankruptcy Disputes

A Prior BAP Opinion Is Virtually Binding on a Later BAP Panel

A later First Circuit BAP panel should follow BAP authority unless the prior opinion seems “dead wrong.”

Supreme Court Won’t Hear a Case to Compel Paying Puerto Rico Bondholders Currently

Supreme Court let a First Circuit opinion stand that barred bondholders from compelling payment during Puerto Rico’s restructuring under PROMESA.

Enforceability of Make-Whole Premiums in Chapter 11

March 2021

Let’s Talk About Chapter 11 Venue Again

May 2020

Mental Health and Mindfulness in Restructuring Matters