na Cases
April 24, 2023
Judge Bason of Los Angeles would permit a creditor in ‘limited circumstances’ to undertake Rule 2004 discovery in a chapter 15 case to further the court’s ‘assistance of the foreign main proceeding.’
March 29, 2023
The district court characterized the agreement not as creating a trust but as a device designed to win priority over a prior, perfected security interest.
March 20, 2023
An appeal brewing in West Virginia may give the Fourth Circuit an opportunity to decide when or whether arbitration agreements are enforceable in bankruptcy.
March 17, 2023
The requirement in chapter 9 to negotiate in good faith before filing is satisfied if the parties are ‘simply too far apart,’ says Bankruptcy Judge Chan.
March 10, 2023
As a general rule, counsel must show the existence of a document with a ‘wet’ signature to use an electronically signed version in court.
March 3, 2023
Federal courts have no jurisdiction to review decisions by Puerto Rico’s Oversight Board regarding the reduction of pension benefits.
February 28, 2023
The majority and the dissenter disagreed on whether the judgment merged individual creditors’ claims into one claim.
February 6, 2023
When a stay violator refused to reimburse debtor’s counsel for fees to stop the stay violation, Judge Rebecca Connelly awarded attorneys’ fees for time spent to collect attorneys’ fees.
January 13, 2023
Interference with state regulators can compel a bankruptcy court to abstain, even if abstention was not required under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(c).
January 6, 2023
A surprising opinion by the Ninth Circuit was nonprecedential.