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Lightsway Litigation Services, LLC V. Wimar Tahoe Corporation & Columbia Sussex Corporation

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 25-1009 (3rd Circuit, Dec 23,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
Lightsway Litigation Services erred under New Jersey’s issue preclusion laws. Under New Jersey law, precluded issues must be identical to previously decided issues; issues are not identical if a...
Judge(s):
Krause, Phipps, and Chung
Tag(s):

U Lock, Inc. v. Snyder (In re: U Lock, Inc.)

  • Summarized by David Treacy , U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 25-1177 (3rd Circuit, Dec 30,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy judge's order approving a settlement between a chapter 7 trustee and the debtor's landlord under F.R.B.P. 9019. The settlement...
Judge(s):
Matey, Montgomery-Reeves, and Nygaard
Tag(s):

Daniel J. Stermer v. Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, et al

Citation:
23-10850 (11th Circuit, Nov 24,2025) Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's ruling that the debtor transferred intangible assets for reasonably equivalent value, as the bankruptcy court did not err in excluding the...
Judge(s):
Rosenbaum, Newsom, and Abudu, Circuit Judges
Tag(s):

Shirley White-Lett v. The Bank of New York Mellon

  • Summarized by Jonathan Batiste , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2 months 3 weeks ago
Citation:
No. 24-13915 (11th Circuit, Dec 11,2025) Not Published
Case Status:
Affirmed
Ruling:
By not previously bringing claims against Creditor, Debtor forfeited such claims after reaching a settlement agreement with Creditor. While the settlement agreement contains a carve-out provision...
Judge(s):
Jill Pryor, Lagoa, and Wilson
Tag(s):

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