January 31, 2024
Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.
November 7, 2023
Lawyers aren’t guarantors for a client’s misconduct, but they may be sanctioned for a coverup.
July 17, 2023
A repeat filer in chapter 13 must show ‘clear and convincing evidence’ of improved financial condition to warrant an extension of the automatic stay under Section 362(c)(3)(B), Chief Judge Taddonio says.
May 8, 2023
Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and Gregory Taddonio disagree on whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant ‘innocent spouse’ relief to a debtor.
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.