Practice and Procedure

In ‘Related To’ Jurisdiction, District Court Applies the Bankruptcy Rules, Circuit Says

If the district court is adjudicating a suit with “related to” jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b), the district court applies the Bankruptcy Rules, not the Federal Rules, the First Circuit says.

Arbitration Clause Results in Temporary Stay of ‘Core’ Proceedings in Bankruptcy Court

Decision by Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner demonstrates the flaw in the Fourth Circuit’s rule requiring parallel proceedings in bankruptcy court and in arbitration when disputes are both core and non-core.

ABC: Best Behavior, Use of Technology and Other Taboos

American Bar Association: Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

ABI: Anatomy of a Virtual Trial: A How-To Guide to Trials in the Age of COVID-19

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges: Mindfulness: Why Is It on Everyone’s Mind?

ABI: Keynote with Dr. Will Miller: Coping and Growing Through the Pandemic

Debt from a Defunct Business Can Help to Qualify for Subchapter V

Part-time self-employment, coupled with debt from a defunct business, qualified the debtor for reorganization under Subchapter V of chapter 11.

Pandemic Pandemonium: Litigating in the Time of COVID-19

Evidence and Trial Skills in Bankruptcy