business Cases
July 1, 2025
A firm wasn’t disqualified when attorneys who left the firm long ago had represented an adversary in a possibly similar engagement.
June 27, 2025
Although there wasn’t ‘good cause’ to excuse late service of a summons and complaint, the bankruptcy court salvaged a large preference by exercising discretion and granting a 10-day expansion of the 90-day deadline.
June 25, 2025
Seventh Circuit holds that comparative fault requires a reduction in compensatory damages for a discharge violation but not for a debtor’s attorneys’ fees.
June 24, 2025
Ninth Circuit BAP confirmed a plan with no future creditors’ trust when the debtor claimed there were no future claims and no one was in court representing future claimants.
June 23, 2025
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Listing a lawsuit explicitly in a disclosure statement may not mean there’s a ‘close nexus’ to provide subject matter jurisdiction for an action brought in bankruptcy court after confirmation.
June 20, 2025
A chapter 11 debtor may be saddled with smaller WARN Act claims by imposing mass layoffs after filing.
June 19, 2025
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Delaware’s Bankruptcy Judge Goldblatt explains why the Supreme Court’s Truck Insurance opinion says nothing about Article III constitutional standing.
June 16, 2025
A plan saying that it satisfies and settles claims does nothing more than discharge the claims. It doesn’t extinguish the claims, the Fifth Circuit says.
June 12, 2025
The debtor agreed not to raise equitable mootness on an appeal only challenging nondebtor opt-out releases.
June 11, 2025
U.S. subsidiaries of a Canadian parent were under the control of a Canadian receiver, switching COMI from the U.S. to Canada.