July 19, 2016
Failure to notice all class members was pivotal in permitting a class proof of claim.
July 18, 2016
Georgia district judge confronts creditors who file claims based on stale debts.
‘Plain meaning’ permits discharge of some tax penalties.
July 15, 2016
Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.
Ninth Circuit will decide en banc whether BAPs were “established” by Congress.
Creditor’s unrepentant attitude escalates punitive damages from $33,700 to $250,000.
July 14, 2016
Majority in D.C. Circuit are flexible on judicial estoppel summary judgment motions.
Judge Gross finds Judge Gerber in Lyondell more persuasive than the Second Circuit in Tribune.
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Due process failure exposes New GM to liabilities for Old GM’s conduct.
July 13, 2016
Eleventh Circuit allows the government on its own to shut down a health care provider in chapter 11.