Rochelle's Daily Wire

Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in New York barred a chapter 11 claims agent from selling the claims docket to a claims trader in return for a share of the fees earned by the trader.

A country that was ineligible to host a nonmain foreign proceeding was nonetheless held to have the foreign main proceeding.

Despite contrary Second Circuit dicta, retiring Judge Robert Drain certified a nationwide class in a suit for violation of the discharge injunction.

At the risk of committing error, a district judge in New York reads a third-party release to cover only derivative claims, not direct claims that a creditor may have against a nondebtor.

Two district judges are becoming incensed by ‘net winners’ in the Madoff Ponzi scheme who continue litigating and losing on the same issues.

A fight between creditors justifies granting a Subchapter V debtor more time to file a plan, Judge Lane says.

Judge Garrity wasn’t required to rule on whether Bankruptcy Rule 2004 applies in chapter 15 cases.

Insurance coverage disputes are ‘routinely resolved in summary judgment,’ counseling against immediate withdrawal of the reference of a non-core lawsuit, district judge says.

New York district judge requires a student loan debtor to prove the reasonableness of living expenses when the lender never objected.

Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez explained why the Second Circuit was wrong in ruling that violators of Rule 3002.1 are only liable for compensatory damages.