A Two-Year Delay in Filing a Retention Application Resulted in Denial of Fees
Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Taddonio says that lawyers must search in PACER before signing up a new client.
Owner of a Long-Defunct Business Didn’t Qualify for Subchapter V
Being an ordinary employee didn’t mean that the debtor was engaged in business to qualify for Subchapter V.
Refusing to Release an Attachment After Filing Is No Stay Violation Following Fulton
Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.
Pennsylvania District Judge Holds that FLSA Suit Is Not Halted by Automatic Stay
Splitting with the Sixth Circuit, Pittsburgh district judge rules that a FLSA suit falls within the ‘police and regulatory’ exception to the automatic stay.
Bankruptcy Judge Won’t Rule on the Constitutionality of Pandemic Regulations
Finding a proper exercise of regulatory power isn’t required to invoke the exception to the automatic stay.
Exercise Caution in Electing Remedies Against Someone Who May File Bankruptcy
Sometimes, being too aggressive backfires when the defendant files bankruptcy.
A Gaming License Isn’t ‘Property’ and Thus Can’t Be Fraudulently Transferred
A gaming license in Pennsylvania is a revocable ‘privilege.’
A Pennsylvania Gambling License Isn’t ‘Property’ Recoverable as a Fraudulent Transfer
Sovereign immunity required dismissal of a suit to recover the value of a gambling license because the suit wasn’t an ancillary exercise of the bankruptcy court’s in rem jurisdiction over a res.
Sovereign Immunity Doesn’t Insulate States from Lien Stripping, District Court Says
States have no sovereign immunity defense to lien stripping, even if the state has not filed a proof of claim.
A Nonparty’s Bankruptcy Isn’t Providing Ground for Removal to Federal Court
The right of indemnification by a bankrupt isn’t establishing ‘related to’ jurisdiction in federal court.