Practice and Procedure

Chicago Must Return Impounded Cars Immediately After a Chapter 13 Filing

Judge Thorne rules that exceptions to the automatic stay do not allow the City of Chicago to retain possession of impounded cars.

ADR Act of 1998: A Reflection of Its Effectiveness and Shortfalls

Nov 2018

First Circuit Gives Puerto Rico Bondholders a Second Bite at the Apple

Puerto Rico’s toll road bonds don’t have statutory liens, circuit court rules.

Property that Lost Exempt Status Goes to the Chapter 13 Debtor on Voluntary Dismissal

Fifth Circuit Draws on Harris v. Viegelahn to revest all property in the chapter 13 debtor on dismissal.

Punitive Damages under Section 303(i) Can’t Be Offset, Third Circuit Says

One involuntary petition dismissed in bankruptcy court has now spawned three important opinions at the circuit level.

ABI Talks (2018 Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop): II

Inside ABI August 2018

Aug 2018