Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity

Sovereign Immunity Is Difficult (Impossible?) to Waive in the Ninth Circuit

Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that counsel’s oral waiver of sovereign immunity did not bind the state.
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Preserving Defensive Setoff Rights Doesn’t Require Filing a Claim, Judge Glenn Says

Defensive setoff rights are not discharged by chapter 11 confirmation, even when no proof of claim was filed.

Tyler Applied Retroactively to Set Aside a Judgment of Tax Foreclosure

Tyler was applied retroactively because the debtor’s efforts to set aside a tax foreclosure judgment were ‘in the pipeline’ when bankruptcy began.

BAP Pushes Back Against Kelly on the Dischargeability of Disciplinary Costs

The Ninth Circuit BAP rebelled against the Supreme Court’s departure from the statute in Kelly v. Robinson on dischargeability under Section 523(a)(7).
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