As to Appealing Insurers, the Boy Scouts Plan Was Not Equitably Moot
Holding $1.4 billion in escrow did not preclude invocation of equitable mootness, Third Circuit majority says.
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Third Circuit Upholds Boy Scouts’ Nonconsensual Releases, Purdue Notwithstanding
The Third Circuit majority upheld nondebtor, nonconsensual releases because they were part of a sale, making the appeal statutorily moot under Section 363(m).
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The ‘Domestic Violence’ Stay Exception Applies to Sexual Violence Decades Earlier
Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark held that the Section 362(b)(2)(A)(v) exception to the automatic stay covers more than imminent or ongoing sexual abuse.
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Third J&J Filing Dismissed on Grounds Different from the First Two Dismissals
Houston’s Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez decided that the newest plan by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary didn’t qualify for nondebtor releases permissible in asbestos cases.
A Contempt Sanction Is Not a ‘Money Judgment’ and Doesn’t Require Writ of Execution
A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).
Bankruptcy Judge Upheld: No Arbitration on Claims for Violating the Automatic Stay
Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black was affirmed in district court for holding that arbitration of claims for violating the automatic stay would conflict with the centrality of administration in bankruptcy cases.