business Cases
August 15, 2022
Res judicata can bar a claim in a later lawsuit if it wasn’t raised in bankruptcy court, given a bankruptcy court’s broad jurisdiction.
August 12, 2022
Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge ruled that a company may file in chapter 7 even when there are no operations and no assets aside from insurance.
August 10, 2022
Fifth Circuit finds ‘related to’ jurisdiction in a lawsuit between two third parties who were neither debtors nor creditors.
August 9, 2022
After a technical correction by Congress, now only affiliates of reporting companies are excluded from Subchapter V of chapter 11.
August 4, 2022
A country that was ineligible to host a nonmain foreign proceeding was nonetheless held to have the foreign main proceeding.
August 3, 2022
If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.
August 2, 2022
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Two or three years from now, the Tenth Circuit may have a chance to agree or disagree with the Fifth Circuit on an important question under Section 544(b).
July 26, 2022
A shipment received by a debtor within 20 days of filing gives the creditor both an administrative claim and a new value defense to a preference, the Eleventh Circuit says.
July 25, 2022
FERC tried the patience of the Fifth Circuit by arguing again that the agency can bar a chapter 11 debtor from rejecting a filed-rate contract.
July 22, 2022
When a secured lender credit bids, a buyer’s premium can be a legitimate surcharge against the lender’s collateral, Judge Rodriguez says.