Third Circuit Makes More Rules on the Proper Scope of Asbestos Channeling Injunctions
The Third Circuit made more rules to decide whether an insurance company can be insulated from failure-to-warn claims by the channeling injunction in a chapter 11 ‘asbestos’ plan.
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Good Faith Is No Defense to an Allegedly Willful Stay Violation, Third Circuit Says
Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.
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Pawn Loans May Be Modified in Chapter 13 if There Wasn’t a Default Before Filing
Eleventh Circuit limits its own precedent to say that pawn lenders aren’t entirely immune from bankruptcy.
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Splits and Confounding Issues Destined for the Supreme Court
‘Cert’ Petitions Raise Equitable Mootness and Federal Preemption in the Supreme Court
‘Cert’ petitions presenting two bankruptcy issues worthy of review by the Supreme Court will be considered by the justices at the ‘long conference’ on September 27.
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Recent Developments Relating to the Automatic Stay and Discharge (and Post-Discharge) Violations
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Great Debates: The Circuit Split Edition
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Concurrence Doubts Ninth Circuit Precedent Barring a Creditor from Enforcing the Stay
Two judges appointed to the Ninth Circuit by President Trump disagree about the ability of a creditor to enforce the automatic stay for its benefit or to protect the estate.
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Supreme Court Majority Deals a Blow to Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws
Supreme Court narrows Spokeo by holding that violation of a statute won’t always give rise to standing and the right to sue for damages.
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