June 29, 2022
Despite contrary Second Circuit dicta, retiring Judge Robert Drain certified a nationwide class in a suit for violation of the discharge injunction.
June 6, 2022
After almost three years in chapter 11 without a consensual plan, Bankruptcy Judge Warren is allowing sexual abuse claimants to sue nondebtor parishes and schools.
April 28, 2022
Redesignation under the SBRA might become a hot topic once again when (if) Congress raises the cap back to $7.5 million.
March 14, 2022
At the risk of committing error, a district judge in New York reads a third-party release to cover only derivative claims, not direct claims that a creditor may have against a nondebtor.
March 3, 2022
No more informal ‘no-look’ fees in the courtroom of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Grossman.
February 22, 2022
Two district judges are becoming incensed by ‘net winners’ in the Madoff Ponzi scheme who continue litigating and losing on the same issues.
February 17, 2022
A fight between creditors justifies granting a Subchapter V debtor more time to file a plan, Judge Lane says.
February 8, 2022
The ‘average-lateness’ test reveals payments that were not made in the ‘ordinary course.’
January 28, 2022
A chapter 13 trustee is not a federal employee for the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act.
November 30, 2021
Judge Garrity wasn’t required to rule on whether Bankruptcy Rule 2004 applies in chapter 15 cases.