April 5, 2022
Judge Klein let a lawyer off the hook for violating Rule 9011 because the lawyer had already been punished enough.
April 4, 2022
A prevailing party can’t appeal arguably erroneous findings.
April 1, 2022
Submitting a retention order with the wrong word resulted in a pivotal issue on appeal.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
March 31, 2022
ate law might provide an equitable basis for denying a state-law exemption, although Law v. Siegel won’t permit equity to defeat an exemption claim under federal law.
March 30, 2022
The district court opinion affirms the notion that bankruptcy courts have ‘core’ power without a jury to adjudicate claims of attorney misconduct.
March 29, 2022
A question may be headed to the Sixth Circuit, where debtors hope to create a circuit split.
March 24, 2022
Section 157(b)(5) does not bar the bankruptcy court from trying defamation and IIED claims, Judge Thuma says, siding with Judge Bernstein.
March 22, 2022
Reversing the bankruptcy court, the district court decided that a local rule did not bar bifurcated fee arrangements altogether.
March 16, 2022
Bankruptcy judges are required to predict the unknown and the unknowable when deciding how much debtors can repay in student loans.
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
March 10, 2022
The Ninth Circuit answered a question left open by the Supreme Court in Ritzen.