Practice and Procedure

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

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