Pursuing an Untimely Appeal Is Frivolous and Warrants Sanctions in the Fifth Circuit
Losing its patience with late-filed appeals, the Fifth Circuit is close to making significant sanctions automatic.
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S. 2282, the "Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2018."
To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify venue requirements relating to bankruptcy proceedings.
Third Circuit Pushes Back on Widespread Invocation of Rooker-Feldman
A federal court can undermine a state court judgment without offending Rooker-Feldman, Third Circuit says.
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Bankruptcy Courts Cannot Impose Punitive Contempt Sanctions, District Judge Says
Circuits split on power of bankruptcy courts to impose punitive or criminal contempt sanctions.
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Extraterritoriality of Avoiding Powers Goes to the Second Circuit
A split of circuits will result if the Second Circuit does not reverse a Madoff decision.
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Bill Aims to Make Bankrupt Companies File for Protection Closer to Home
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Bankruptcy Courts Aren’t ‘Courts’ and Don’t Have Power to Transfer
Don’t stretch bankruptcy jurisdiction when the statute of limitations is about to expire.
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Even ‘False’ Debts Are Discharged
Student loan lender’s argument was ‘preposterous,’ judge says.