Pursuing an Untimely Appeal Is Frivolous and Warrants Sanctions in the Fifth Circuit
Losing its patience with late-filed appeals, the Fifth Circuit is close to making significant sanctions automatic.
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Third Circuit Pushes Back on Widespread Invocation of Rooker-Feldman
A federal court can undermine a state court judgment without offending Rooker-Feldman, Third Circuit says.
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Morton I. Greenberg
Bankruptcy Courts Cannot Impose Punitive Contempt Sanctions, District Judge Says
Circuits split on power of bankruptcy courts to impose punitive or criminal contempt sanctions.
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Geoffrey W. Crawford
Extraterritoriality of Avoiding Powers Goes to the Second Circuit
A split of circuits will result if the Second Circuit does not reverse a Madoff decision.
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Jed Rakoff
Bill Aims to Make Bankrupt Companies File for Protection Closer to Home
Senate lawmakers have introduced a bill that would force struggling companies to file for bankruptcy protection in a courtroom close to their headquarters, closing a controversial loophole that has enabled the country’s biggest restructurings to unfold in New York and Delaware, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a joint statement that the bill is meant to allow workers at bankrupt companies, small businesses, retirees and others to “participate in cases that will have tremendous impacts on their lives.” Cornyn said that the measure “will strengthen the integrity of the bankruptcy system and build public confidence.” Warren added that the bill would “prevent big companies from cherry-picking courts that they think will rule in their favor and to crack down on this corporate abuse of our nation’s bankruptcy laws.” Read more.
Click here to read the statement from Sens. Cornyn and Warren.
S. 2282, the "Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018."
To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify venue requirements relating to bankruptcy proceedings.
Bankruptcy Courts Aren’t ‘Courts’ and Don’t Have Power to Transfer
Don’t stretch bankruptcy jurisdiction when the statute of limitations is about to expire.
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Gregory M. Sleet
Even ‘False’ Debts Are Discharged
Student loan lender’s argument was ‘preposterous,’ judge says.
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Marvin Isgur