The Fourth Circuit vacated the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board decision. The Fourth Circuit held: (1) the Board erred in affirming the ALJ's conclusion that Arch was liable for...
In consolidated appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held (1) it lacked appellate jurisdiction to hear a first appeal taken from a district court's order denying as moot a...
In this consolidated appeal of two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (DC) by creditor Shanni Snyder (Snyder) arising out of the bankruptcy of U Lock,...
Judge(s):
Stephanos Bibas; Arianna J. Freeman; and Richard L. Nygaard
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s finding that Creditor’s appeal was equitably moot. Creditor did not move to stay the bankruptcy court’s confirmation order; relief would be...
Judge(s):
Reena Raggi, Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., and Michael H. Park
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the bankruptcy court and district court's denials of an investor's post-confirmation objection to a plan that provided for the cancellation of equity...
The circuit court found that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (“PBGC”) regulations are valid exercises of its power under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The PBGC’s...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and the bankruptcy court that the debtor could not assume a settlement agreement with a pension fund...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon, Michelle T. Friedland, and Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
On rehearing, the Circuit Court affirmed its prior decision affirming the District Court's denial of a title company and its employee, ("FA Defendants"), motion to compel arbitration of an action...
In this non-precedential ruling the Third Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Bankruptcy Court disallowing Appellant's Proof of Claim seeking actual...
The circuit court affirmed the district court’s ruling that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant's motion to reconsider an expungement order. The bankruptcy...
