The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's determination that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying fees to a chapter 11 debtor's counsel based...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow a creditor-appellant's proposed second amended claim filed 11 months after...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in granting summary judgment to a debtor/appellee on a creditor/appellant's claim to except a debt from her...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in its application of the "two-dismissal rule" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(B) to a third motion...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not err in granting a summary judgment finding a debtor owed his sister-in-law a non-dischargeable debt based on his...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a district court abused its discretion in imposing a "docket management" stay on a securities class action lawsuit related to a pending...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in awarding compensation to a law firm for work performed in a Singapore proceeding. The...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held (1) it lacked jurisdiction to review a bankruptcy court's decision to permissively abstain; (2) the appellant waived any due process argument...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed an order dismissing a civil lawsuit filed pro se by the Plaintiff/Appellant against the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held a bankruptcy court erred in sanctioning a law firm and its client by shifting $239,655 in legal fees. The fee-shifting amounted to a criminal...
