Court Administration

Third Circuit Holds: Magistrate Judges May Issue Final Orders on Bankruptcy Appeals

The Third Circuit splits from Seventh and Tenth Circuit opinions dating from 1987 and 1990.
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Panel Trustee’s Personal Misconduct Was Grounds for Removal for ‘Cause,’ BAP Says

The panel trustee had been found in state court to be a spousal abuser who lied in obtaining a Covid loan.
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The Fate of Jackson Walker Is Now in the Hands of a District Judge from Another District

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.

Another Fifth Circuit Humdinger: This Time, Limiting Gatekeeping

Picking up where Serta Simmons left off, the Fifth Circuit nixes another creative chapter 11 plan.
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Sex Abuse Victims to Have a Private Conference with the Judge and the Catholic Bishop

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’

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