na Cases
June 17, 2025
Selling a debtor’s claims must be structured to avoid champerty under state law.
June 10, 2025
Coney Island is a bankruptcy case, but the question is whether there is a time limit for a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to set aside a judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.
May 15, 2025
The Third Circuit splits from Seventh and Tenth Circuit opinions dating from 1987 and 1990.
April 30, 2025
If a fraudulent omission were a ‘statement,’ the BAP explains why nondischargeability would be almost impossible to prove.
April 14, 2025
The district judge who excoriated Jackson Walker in a decision last year will now decide whether the firm must disgorge what it was paid in dozens of large chapter 11 cases.
April 11, 2025
Because a trustee suing to recover a fraudulent transfer is acting in the interest of creditors, not the debtor, the in pari delicto defense does not apply, says Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson.
April 2, 2025
A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).
February 21, 2025
The circuits are split on whether a bankruptcy court can compel marshalling by the IRS.
February 19, 2025
The ‘probate exception’ to federal subject matter jurisdiction does not prevent bankruptcy courts from basing decisions on state trusts and estates law, except in limited circumstances.
January 16, 2025
A receiver was tagged $45,000 for failing to turn over estate property by demanding payment of administrative fees.