business Cases
February 13, 2023
A preliminary injunction in state court didn’t invoke comity or Rooker-Feldman to bar the bankruptcy court from rejecting an executory contract.
February 9, 2023
9th Circuit , Oregon ,
An Oregon power company appears headed for the Ninth Circuit to decide whether electric power qualifies as “goods” to be accorded the 20-day priority.
February 8, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles differed with his colleagues who in previous years had employed the ‘time approach’ in calculating a landlord’s rejection damages under Section 502(b)(6).
February 3, 2023
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
If you want a prejudgment asset freeze, ask for equitable relief and the recovery of specific property, Judge Goldblatt says.
February 2, 2023
In a case irreconcilable with two recent opinions from the Eleventh Circuit, the Fifth Circuit invokes Barton to bar a lawsuit against a trustee after the bankruptcy case had been closed.
February 1, 2023
Although a UCC lien on ‘accounts’ would attach outside of bankruptcy to proceeds from the sale of real property, Section 552(b) cuts off attachment if the sale occurs after filing
January 31, 2023
Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro prohibits big companies from filing chapter 11 cases absent ‘financial distress.’
January 29, 2023
Judge Neil Bason allows a chapter 11 debtor to distribute the proceeds from the sale of a cannabis business.
January 24, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge William Lafferty declined (for now) to halt suits against nondebtor affiliates for lack of an adequate record to justify a preliminary injunction.
January 19, 2023
Although the chapter 13 confirmation order was concededly final and enforceable, the appeals court set aside a plan provision modifying a residential mortgage.