May 4, 2018
Caselaw is evolving on the applicability of the automatic stay to ordinary litigation against Puerto Rico and its governmental officials.
May 3, 2018
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
To avoid having a discharge revoked, a debtor must either comply with the order or obtain a stay pending appeal.
May 2, 2018
A chapter 7 debtor’s postpetition legal malpractice claims are not estate property, BAP says.
May 1, 2018
An executive with a rejected contract must prove value to have an allowable administrative claim, 9th Circuit BAP says.
April 30, 2018
Eighth Circuit insulates parishes and church schools from substantive consolidation.
April 27, 2018
Bankruptcy courts have constitutional power to sanction for actions occurring during administration of a bankruptcy case.
April 26, 2018
The Second Circuit’s Barnet opinion on Section 109(a)’s requirement of property in the U.S. is satisfied by claims located in the U.S.
April 25, 2018
An unreasonable but good faith, subjective belief that there is no injunction bars a finding of contempt in the Ninth Circuit.
April 24, 2018
Not a true public sale, a tax foreclosure in New Jersey can be attacked as a preference without implicating concerns about federalism.
April 23, 2018
Courts are groping to define ‘personal use’ because Congress didn’t.