Rochelle's Daily Wire

A lender was filing baseless dischargeability complaints believing that the impecunious debtors would default or settle.

The Bankruptcy Code dropped ‘person aggrieved’ as the standard for appellate standing. Did it survive nonetheless?

Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson nailed the government with $38,000 in sanctions for a ‘willful’ violation of a discovery order shown by ‘clear and convincing evidence.’

A lawyer was found to have committed fraud on the court for filing schedules claiming ownership of property that another court had found not to be the debtor’s property.

Sitting en banc, three judges in St. Louis effectively barred bifurcated fee arrangements in the Eastern District of Missouri.

The Fifth Circuit dissenter says that the majority set aside findings of fact without showing them to be clearly erroneous.

The district court properly reversed and dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Barton.

The unanimous decision on March 19 by Justice Gorsuch contains language that could be used on both sides of the argument about the validity of equitable mootness.

Refusing to withdraw a meritless claim with prejudice contributed to the decision by Judge Jernigan to impose high-six-figure sanctions.

Two North Carolina Courts have held within two months that the Bankruptcy Clause doesn’t demand ‘financial distress’ to establish subject matter jurisdiction.