November 28, 2022
Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Taddonio says that lawyers must search in PACER before signing up a new client.
December 21, 2021
Being an ordinary employee didn’t mean that the debtor was engaged in business to qualify for Subchapter V.
March 29, 2021
Splitting with the Sixth Circuit, Pittsburgh district judge rules that a FLSA suit falls within the ‘police and regulatory’ exception to the automatic stay.
January 11, 2021
Finding a proper exercise of regulatory power isn’t required to invoke the exception to the automatic stay.
November 20, 2020
Sometimes, being too aggressive backfires when the defendant files bankruptcy.
October 28, 2019
States have no sovereign immunity defense to lien stripping, even if the state has not filed a proof of claim.
April 13, 2019
For three independent reasons, Judge Taddonio rules that states are not immune from stripping down or stripping off tax liens.
September 14, 2017
Third-party releases would have been approved even if there were no ‘safe harbor’ defense.
Third-party releases would have been approved even if there were no ‘safe harbor’ defense.
September 11, 2017
A receiver who is not ‘disinterested’ can justify putting a company in bankruptcy.