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February 23, 2022

Judge Sontchi set aside a prior order preventing the trustee from controlling litigation brought in the trustee’s name.

January 3, 2022

Chapter 7 trustee was precluded from terminating a lawsuit because a secured lender had been given the right to settle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

April 16, 2021

Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.

March 15, 2019

Judge Sontchi declines to rule that 28 U.S.C. § 157 is unconstitutional by denominating fraudulent transfer suits as ‘core’ proceedings.

August 1, 2018

A bankruptcy court’s in rem jurisdiction overrides a claim of sovereign immunity.