The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Circuit) reversed an order of the district court (DC), which had vacated fees awarded by the bankruptcy court (BC) to the counsel of the debtor (DR)...
Judge(s):
Jennifer W. Elrod; Don R. Willett; and Kurt D. Engelhardt
Affirming the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held: (1) the one-time distribution of assets of two spendthrift trusts (Trsts) for which the debtor...
Judge(s):
Stephanie K. Seymour; Jane L. Kelly; and Scott M. Matheson Jr.
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) held that attorney fee awards related to enforce or defend issues involving child support, visitation or custody...
Judge(s):
Anita L. Shodeen, Dennis R. Dow, and Kathleen Hvass Sanberg
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's decision to deny the Creditor's motion for summary judgment, because the Creditor failed to show that the transfer to the...
Sustaining the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment grant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Circuit) held malpractice claims...
Judge(s):
Richard F. Suhrheinrich; Bernice B. Donald; and Eric E. Murphy
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Circuit) affirmed the order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah (BC), itself previously confirmed...
Judge(s):
Carlos F. Lucero; Jerome A. Holmes; and Allison H. Eid
Res judicata does not bar a plaintiff from suing his former attorneys based on statements they allegedly made to him in connection with a settlement approved by the bankruptcy court. Under the...
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (COA) affirmed the U.S. District Court’s decision to deny the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. However, the COA reversed the...
The BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court award of postpetition interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs to the Bank. The BAP specified that the bankruptcy court's prior order which overruled the...
1oth Cir. reversed and remanded ruling of bankruptcy court (WD. Ok.), affirmed by the BAP, on creditor's appeal of sanction order against debtor's counsel for failure to disclose fee payments...
