Finality of a Contempt Order Drawn into Question in the Eleventh Circuit
Some authority from the Supreme Court suggests that a contempt order without imposition of attorneys’ fees would not be final in a bankruptcy case.
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Actual Damages Not Required to Recover Attorneys’ Fees for a Stay Violation
Judge Goldblatt slaps creditors with $665,000 in damages for violating the automatic stay.
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Filing Bankruptcy After Renewing a Title Loan Again Found Not to Be Bad Faith
Title lenders continue losing battles to take cars away from debtors, but the lenders have yet to plead and prove their best cases.
Debtor’s Subchapter S Status Is Estate Property that an Owner Can’t Terminate
Bankruptcy Judge Russin declines to follow the Third Circuit and adopts the conclusion of bankruptcy courts holding that Sub S status is estate property.
A ‘Litigation Tactic’ Isn’t Fatal in Chapter 15
A bankruptcy judge in New York was deferential to foreign liquidators using chapter 15 to extinguish a lawsuit in the U.S. that they saw as a nuisance.