Talc Victims Representative Faces Pushback Over Johnson & Johnson Payments
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Judicial Immunity Can Protect a Trustee when Barton Doesn’t Apply, Circuit Says
When a trustee mistakenly seizes a nondebtor’s property, the Barton doctrine by itself doesn’t protect the trustee, but judicial immunity does.
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Texas Judge Who Penned Fictional Hedge-Fund Book Can Stay on Real-Life Bankruptcy
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A Plan Appeal Wasn’t Equitably Moot, Even Though Reversal Might Rejigger New Equity
A district court in Houston denied a motion to dismiss a confirmation appeal as equitably moot, although reversal might alter ownership of the reorganized debtor.
Sufficiency of Preference and Fraudulent Transfer Complaints Described by Judge Goldblatt
To defeat motions to dismiss, preference and fraudulent transfer complaints need not contain all the information to be learned in discovery, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.
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Fully Secured, Nonrecourse Creditors Can Be Involuntary Petitioners, BAP Says
An involuntary petitioner whose claim was paid after filing is still counted as an involuntary petitioner, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.
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