business Cases
May 13, 2020
Section 365(d)(3) doesn’t contain a remedy for failure to pay rent on time, Judge Huennekens says.
May 12, 2020
Global warming claims were discharged even though the chapter 11 plan did not discharge claims under environmental laws.
May 11, 2020
A mistake by a lawyer isn’t “deliberate” and therefore can’t be a judicial admission.
May 8, 2020
Circuit says that some factors are more important than others when applying equitable mootness to appeals from liquidating plans.
May 7, 2020
For the Eleventh Circuit, scheduling the unsecured claim resulted in automatic rejection even though the contract was not scheduled as executory.
May 6, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Grossman explores the extent to which the Supreme Court’s Acevedo decision bars courts from granting relief retroactively.
May 5, 2020
Judge Thuma of Albuquerque threatens the SBA with punitive damages if the debtor is not granted a $900,000 PPP loan.
May 4, 2020
Majority on Ninth Circuit panel believe that having previously extended a deadline allowed the invocation of “excusable neglect” to extend the deadline again after it expired.
May 1, 2020
Judge David Jones found no basis in the Cares Act for precluding chapter 11 debtors from receiving PPP “loans” that the company isn’t required to repay.
April 30, 2020
Dealing with the debt left over from a defunct business is enough to qualify as a small business debtor under the new subchapter V of chapter 11, Judge Burris rules.