Practice and Procedure

Fifth Amendment Can Be an Almost Complete Bar to a Rule 2004 Production

Required records and authenticated documents already known to exist are not protected from production by the privilege against self-incrimination.

Inside ABI Sept 2018

Sept 2018

Legislative Highlights September 2018

Sept 2018

A Receiver Can Bar the Old Board from Filing a Bankruptcy Petition

By removing the incumbent board, a receiver can bar the old board from filing a bankruptcy petition, the Ninth Circuit holds.

Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of an ‘Involuntary’ in a Two-Party Dispute

Additional judgment enforcement remedies under the Bankruptcy Code don’t justify an involuntary petition.

“The Are a Few of My Favorite Things”: Treasured Possessions of Bankruptcy Judges

Oct 2018

Privacy Law Compliance in Bankruptcy: The EU’s New GDPR

Oct 2018

Eleventh Circuit Endorses the Applicability of ‘Equitable Mootness’ in Chapter 9

Two circuits and a BAP now invoke ‘equitable mootness’ to dismiss appeals from orders confirming chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment plans.

Evidence and Trial Skills in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

Legal Writing: Parts I and II