November 18, 2021
The appeals court barred the holder of a personal guarantee from launching a collateral attack on a confirmed chapter 11 plan.
November 17, 2021
Eleventh Circuit holds that the lack of notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(c)(3) did not result in the invalidity of non-debtor, third-party releases in a chapter 11 plan.
November 16, 2021
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Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
November 15, 2021
The circuits are split on whether the Supreme Court’s BFP opinion can be extended to bar fraudulent transfer attacks on in rem real estate tax foreclosures.
November 12, 2021
Insurance coverage disputes are ‘routinely resolved in summary judgment,’ counseling against immediate withdrawal of the reference of a non-core lawsuit, district judge says.
November 11, 2021
Judge Clarkson laid down guidelines for a lawyer who copies pleadings written by another lawyer in a different case.
November 10, 2021
The Eleventh Circuit has two standards for non-debtor releases: One for free-standing settlements and another for releases engrafted into chapter 11 reorganization plans
November 9, 2021
The suggestion that the debtor never won undercut the poker player’s testimony about uncorroborated gambling losses.
November 8, 2021
A deficiency judgment arising from foreclosure of another parcel of real estate can be avoided as an impairment of a debtor’s homestead exemption.
November 5, 2021
Unlike other states, creditors can attach 25% of a judgment debtor’s interest in a spendthrift trust in California.