February 23, 2022
Judge Sontchi set aside a prior order preventing the trustee from controlling litigation brought in the trustee’s name.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
January 3, 2022
Chapter 7 trustee was precluded from terminating a lawsuit because a secured lender had been given the right to settle.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
December 8, 2021
Although a chapter 11 plan can bind parties throughout the world, Judge Sontchi wouldn’t let a foreign debtor sue a foreign bank in the Delaware bankruptcy court over a transaction that occurred in England.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
October 1, 2021
There can be no question about whether the beneficiary of a surety bond has been ‘paid in full’ before the surety has subrogation rights.
September 2, 2021
The Supreme Court’s Grupo Mexicano decision doesn’t bar a bankruptcy court from freezing a defendant’s assets prior to judgment in a fraud action, Judge Sontchi says.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
July 1, 2021
Closing a chapter 11 case after confirmation to avoid U.S. Trustee fees won’t be necessary if the ruling by Judge Sontchi holds up.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
June 8, 2021
Recent Supreme Court authority supports the conclusion by Delaware’s Judge Sontchi that law from the jurisdiction of incorporation, not federal common law, determines what is or isn’t a business trust eligible for chapter 11.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
April 16, 2021
Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
March 15, 2019
Judge Sontchi declines to rule that 28 U.S.C. § 157 is unconstitutional by denominating fraudulent transfer suits as ‘core’ proceedings.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
August 1, 2018
A bankruptcy court’s in rem jurisdiction overrides a claim of sovereign immunity.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,