Netflix, Inc. v. Relativity Media, LLC (In re Relativity Fashion, LLC)

• Summarized by Joel Levitin , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
• 7 years 4 months ago

Citation:

16-3282-bk (2nd Circuit, Aug 22,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

(1)Bankruptcy court had post-confirmation jurisdiction to adjudicate dispute over interpretation of contract assumed by debtor during bankruptcy-if Netflix had been permitted to stream films before...

Judge(s):

Reena Raggi and Raymond J. Lohler, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Joan M. Azrack, District Judge for E.D.N.Y. sitting by designation

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Executory Contracts/Leases
• Plan Confirmation
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Professional Practice Areas
• Business Reorganization
• Telecom/Tech
• § 365
• § 1142(b)

1EE LLC v. Giddens (In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.)

• Summarized by Joel Levitin , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
• 7 years 5 months ago

Citation:

16-2737; 16-2788 (2nd Circuit, Jul 27,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed in part and Reversed in part

Ruling:

SUMMARY ORDER -- NO PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. Two former employees of Lehman were not entitled to separate claims against Lehman for bonus claims tied to their employment that were assumed and paid by...

Judge(s):

Dennis Jacobs, Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit Judges; George B. Daniels, District Judge

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Claims
• § 365

Stuart v. Abraham (In re Abraham)

• Summarized by Bradley Pearce , Pearce Law PLLC
• 7 years 5 months ago

Citation:

16-2968 (2nd Circuit, Jul 17,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

A debtor who omits from his schedules information that is material in bankruptcy, such as his income, is not entitled to a discharge.

Judge(s):

SACK, CARNEY, DRONEY

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Personal Bankruptcy Topics
• Consumer Bankruptcy
• Discharge/Dischargeability
• 727(a)(4)(A)

Ashmore, Sr. v. CGI Group, Inc.

• Summarized by Eduardo Glas , Law Office of Eduardo Glas PC
• 7 years 6 months ago

Citation:

16-1758-cv (2nd Circuit, Jun 21,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Dismissed

Ruling:

Appeal of district court order dismissing individual plaintiff from case and allowing a bankruptcy trustee to substitute as plaintiff was dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction due to the...

Judge(s):

Katzmann, Pooler and Lynch

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Personal Bankruptcy Topics
• Consumer Bankruptcy

BPP Illinois, LLC v. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

• Summarized by Robert Yan , Otterbourg P.C.
• 7 years 6 months ago

Citation:

15-3706-cv (2nd Circuit, Jun 13,2017) Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

AFFIRMING the judgment of the district court dismissing claims asserted by former debtors (collectively, “BPP”) against the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC (“RBS”), RBS Citizens, N.A....

Judge(s):

Jacobs, Pooler, Circuit Judges, and Crawford, District Judge (sitting by designation)

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Claims

In re JJE & MM Group LLC

• Summarized by Theresa Driscoll , Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
• 7 years 7 months ago

Citation:

16-1408-bk (2nd Circuit, Jun 05,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Reversed and Remanded

Ruling:

The Second Circuit reversed the decisions of the District Court and Bankruptcy Court imposing sanctions on a debtor's attorney for a repeat chapter 11 filing on the eve of a foreclosure sale and in...

Judge(s):

Jon O. Newman, Jose A. Cabranes, Gerard E. Lynch

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Practice and Procedure
• BR 9011; 9020
• 11 USC 105(a)

Sagor v. Picard (In the Matter of Madoff)

• Summarized by Wayne Greenwald , Jacobs, PC, Greenwald, P.C.
• 7 years 7 months ago

Citation:

--- Fed.Appx. ---- 2017 WL 2376567 (2nd Circuit, Jun 01,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Affirmed District and Bankruptcy Court determinations that the method for determining creditors’ claims for distributions from the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC was the ...

Judge(s):

Rosemary S. Pooler, Peter W. Hall, Susan L. Carney

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Claims
• Fraud
• Professional Practice Areas
• Mass Torts
• 11 USC 502

In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

• Summarized by Eduardo Glas , Law Office of Eduardo Glas PC
• 7 years 8 months ago

Citation:

16-1296; 16-1304; 16-1306; 16-1360; 16-1361; 16-1363; 16-1365; 16-1367 (2nd Circuit, May 04,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Affirmed

Ruling:

Claims filed by Lehman employees on account of restricted stock units, giving them a contingent right to own Lehman stock after a five-year holding period, were properly subordinated to the claims...

Judge(s):

Jacobs, Sack and Carney

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Claims
• Labor/Employment
• Section 510(b); Section 101(16)

U.S.A. v. Kerr-McGee Corp. (In re Tronox Inc.)

• Summarized by Wayne Greenwald , Jacobs, PC, Greenwald, P.C.
• 7 years 8 months ago

Citation:

16-343, 2017WL1403001 (2nd Circuit, Apr 20,2017) Published

Case Status:

Dismissed

Ruling:

a.) Claims derived through a debtor are estate property which only a trustee can assert; b.) District Court order on a contempt motion which enforced existing injunction but made no contempt...

Judge(s):

Kearse, Wesley and Droney

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Automatic Stay
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Court Administration
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Practice and Procedure
• Venue/Jurisdiction
• Professional Practice Areas
• Business Reorganization
• Mass Torts
• 11 U.S.C. 362(a)
• 541
• 28 U.S.C. 158
• 1291
• 1292

Brown Media Corp. v. K&L Gates, LLP

• Summarized by Jin Kim , Allen & Overy LLP
• 7 years 8 months ago

Citation:

15-4185-cv (2nd Circuit, Apr 14,2017) Not Published

Case Status:

Reversed

Ruling:

The 2nd Cir Ct of App held that res judicata did not bar plaintiff claims of breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and fraud against defendant law firm in connection with plaintiff’s...

Judge(s):

Hall, Livingston, Circuit Judges, and Garaufis, District Judge, sitting by designation

Tag(s):

• 2nd Circuit
• Bankruptcy Process and Procedure
• Asset Sales
• Automatic Stay
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Ethics
• Plan Confirmation

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