Bankrupcty Litigation

The Uncertain Power of Bankruptcy Courts to Approve Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases

Katharine Manganello

St. John’s University School of Law

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

Automatic Stay is not Extended to Enjoin Arbitration Between Non-Debtors, Even Where Debtor’s Actions are the Subject of the Arbitration

Jonathan Schloth

St. John’s University School of Law

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

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Amended Proofs of Claim are not Always Allowed

Lianna Meehan

St. John’s University School of Law

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

Avoidance Actions are Property of the Estate that a Trustee may Sell

Enrica Brook

St. John’s University School of Law

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

In Pitman Farms v. ARKK Food Co., LLC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that avoidance actions, under chapter 5 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), are property of the estate under Section 541(a) that a trustee may sell “free and clear.”[1]