March 9, 2023
Courts are split on whether Section 109(g)(2) mandates dismissal whenever an individual or family farmer refiles within 180 days, regardless of whether a lift-stay motion prompted dismissal of the first case.
March 8, 2023
When there was a knowing violation of injunctions in the plan and confirmation order, the Seventh Circuit said that the appeal bordered on frivolous.
January 9, 2023
All three courts to confront the question have now ordered the government to refund overpayments of U.S. Trustee fees.
January 4, 2023
District judge remonstrates a solvent parent company for seeking the protections of bankruptcy without filing chapter 11 itself.
January 3, 2023
A court filing by a claims trader was stricken from the docket because it contained judges’ direct email addresses.
December 29, 2022
An opinion by Thomas Ambro shows how the Third Circuit won’t cut any slack for nonbankruptcy lawyers when it comes to retention disclosure.
December 13, 2022
Judge David Thuma explains why a chapter 11 debtor in possession and a subsequent liquidating trust are different clients for the purpose of a conflict analysis, at least when the committee has confirmed a liquidating plan.
November 28, 2022
Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Taddonio says that lawyers must search in PACER before signing up a new client.
November 14, 2022
The Second Circuit essentially reissued its original decision from last year by again requiring the U.S. Trustee to refund the overpayment of unconstitutional fees.
November 10, 2022
One month apart, two judges in New York differed on the extent to which they permitted redactions of information about creditors, their identities and addresses.