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May 1, 2023

Judge Goldblatt of Delaware wrote an opinion where the answer was self-evident but there was no authority on point.

April 19, 2023

The Supreme Court’s MOAC decision contains language casting doubt on the validity of the doctrine of equitable mootness.

April 14, 2023

A terse Second Circuit order seems to mean that a stay of a confirmation order pending appeal granted in district court can’t be appealed to the circuit, at least when the appeal is being expedited.

April 3, 2023

Sixth Circuit judges wrote 17 pages of dicta to muse on whether the ‘person aggrieved’ test for appellate standing died with the adoption of the Bankruptcy Code but remains good law under the ‘zone-of-interests’ test.

March 28, 2023

Like the question in MOAC to be decided soon by the Supreme Court, the BAP says that the qualifications for an involuntary petitioner are not jurisdictional and can be waived.

March 20, 2023

An appeal brewing in West Virginia may give the Fourth Circuit an opportunity to decide when or whether arbitration agreements are enforceable in bankruptcy.

March 6, 2023

The ‘possibility of harm’ won’t confer bankruptcy appellate standing, the Fifth Circuit says.

March 3, 2023

Federal courts have no jurisdiction to review decisions by Puerto Rico’s Oversight Board regarding the reduction of pension benefits.

March 1, 2023

Disputed facts can defeat invocation of judicial estoppel on summary judgment.

February 27, 2023

The Fourth Circuit wrote a scholarly (and dense) opinion differentiating among bankruptcy standing, bankruptcy appellate standing and constitutional standing.