The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that 11 U.S.C.§§ 105(a) and 1123(b)(6), and prior Second Circuit authority, permit Purdue Pharma L.P. and related entities to include...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court's orders dismissing a chapter 11 case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b) and denying a creditor's pending motions...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise residual jurisdiction over claims alleged in an adversary...
After the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas did not approve all fees requested in a law firm's fee application, the district court affirmed most of the fee reductions. On...
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held the bankruptcy court properly dismissed with prejudice a judgment creditor's claim to except a debt from the debtors' discharge based on...
The Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirmed a summary judgment excepting a debt from the debtors' discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(3)(A) in the full amount of the creditor's state...
Tracing equity receivership principles back to the High Court of Chancery in England in the 18th century, the Sixth Circuit held a district court in a receivership case erred by approving a...
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit held a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in granting a creditor in rem relief from the automatic stay under 11 USC § 362(d)(4)....
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1) upheld a bankruptcy court's order permitting a Reorganized Debtor to create/fund an "Indemnity Sub-Trust," in lieu of acquiring D&O insurance as...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's dismissal of tort claims under Kentucky law against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. related to its wrongful denial of requests for...
