July 19, 2024
The Ninth Circuit BAP makes life easy for the Circuit Court of Appeals. Every circuit should have a BAP.
July 18, 2024
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
In the first decision on the topic after Purdue, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt denied the debtor’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop a lawsuit against nondebtors.
July 17, 2024
New York’s Judge Sean Lane saw no reason for forcing holders of a $148 million defamation judgment ‘to wait years’ for a ‘modest distribution.’
July 16, 2024
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
A decision by a district judge in Idaho may or may not be irreconcilable with a Ninth Circuit BAP decision that a finding of eligibility for Sub V is interlocutory and not appealable.
July 15, 2024
Ohio’s Bankruptcy Judge Nami Khorrami sides with the minority on a circuit split that the Supreme Court ducked in 2009.
July 12, 2024
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
The debtor’s prebankruptcy machinations to inflate the value of tokens resulted in low claim valuations in bankruptcy.
July 11, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Montali didn’t toss an individual out of chapter 7 just because he owned two LLCs that sold marijuana at retail.
July 10, 2024
Expedience is no substitute for disinterestedness when it comes to retention of a chapter 11 debtor’s general counsel.
July 9, 2024
Having previously set aside a $240,000 sanction as criminal contempt, the Fifth Circuit affirmed $450,000 in civil contempt against the same contemnor in the same bankruptcy case.
July 8, 2024
Disagreeing with two bankruptcy courts in Houston, Miami’s Judge Isicoff holds that a Sub V plan with a nonvoting class can be confirmed only as a nonconsensual plan.