Analysis: Experts Foresee A Tidal Wave of Bankruptcies Coming
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Venue/Jurisdiction
Denial of a Claim Doesn’t Divest the Bankruptcy Court of Final Adjudicatory Power
More important law from Madoff: Filing a claim waives the right to a jury trial in district court even if the claim is denied or withdrawn, district judge rules.
Supreme Court Finds No Appointment Clause Violation in Puerto Rico’s Oversight Board
The Supreme Court reversed the First Circuit, which had held that the Oversight Board violated the Appointments Clause because the members were not appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
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Supreme Court Ducks Equitable Mootness and Third-Party Releases
The case from the Third Circuit was not a good vehicle for granting certiorari on either issue, even though there is a circuit split on nonconsensual, third-party releases.
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Blocking Use of “Blocking Rights”
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Commentary: Sacramento Mayor Argues in Bankruptcy Court That His Hometown Paper Should Go to a Local Owner
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COVID-19: How Governments Adjust Laws to Save Livelihoods
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Third Circuit Revisits Stern: Bankruptcy Courts May Grant Nonconsensual Releases
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Suit by Foreign Liquidators Was Remanded to State Court
Delaware district judge permits remand when the suit was subject to mandatory abstention.
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Ninth Circuit Creates a Legal Fiction to Uphold Recovery of an Unauthorized Transfer
Ninth Circuit assumed that transferred property must remain property of the estate after conversion from ‘13’ to ‘7’ before the chapter 7 trustee can avoid an unauthorized transfer under Section 549.
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