The ‘Home Court’ Rule Does Not Apply in Chapter 15 Cases, District Judge Says
The Delaware district court affirmed Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Horan, who ruled that a creditor cannot sue a chapter 15 debtor in bankruptcy court on a prebankruptcy claim.
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Chapter 15 Automatic Stay Isn’t Effective Retroactively, Ninth Circuit Says
Alter ego claims belong to the creditor, not to the bankrupt estate.
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Hot Topics in Subchapter V and Consumer Bankruptcy Cases
Early Edition with Bill Rochelle
Big Stuff on Chapter 11 from the Second Circuit and Elsewhere
Can a U.S. Court Sell a Foreign Debtor’s U.S. Assets ‘Free and Clear’?
Delaware’s Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein tackled several novel questions about a U.S. court’s authority in chapter 15 to approve novel, foreign transactions and sell the foreign debtor’s property in the U.S.
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An Interview with Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro: How Article III Judges See Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Judges and the Bankruptcy Code
Cross-Border Recovery in Fraudulent Schemes
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