LIV Golf is dead. Bryson DeChambeau is owed $5.77 million. Now what? - Golfweek
LIV Golf is dead. Bryson DeChambeau is owed $5.77 million. Now what? Golfweek Read full article
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Shilo Sanders Finds $12,000 New York Apartments 'Despicable' Amid $11.89M Bankruptcy Battle - Gridiron Heroics
Shilo Sanders Finds $12,000 New York Apartments 'Despicable' Amid $11.89M Bankruptcy Battle Gridiron Heroics Read full article
JetBlue Says It Won't File Chapter 11 - Briefs Finance
JetBlue Says It Won't File Chapter 11 Briefs Finance Read full article
Marelli Names Laurent Favre CEO to Lead Chapter 11 Exit - Business Chief
Marelli Names Laurent Favre CEO to Lead Chapter 11 Exit Business Chief Read full article
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Shotgun Pleadings Get Blown Away
It is not very hard to plead cases under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, some rules are honored more in the breach. Take Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2) which requires a "short and plain statement of the claim." A short and plain statement makes it easier to draft a responsive answer without Read full article
Waivers Must Be Knowing, Voluntary and Intelligent
Ever since Stern v. Marshall , bankruptcy lawyers are frequently asked to consent to entry of final orders by the Bankruptcy Court. I routinely agree to consent because the Bankruptcy Court is a familiar forum and the judges are a known quantity. Occasionally I will say no for strategic reasons. Read full article
Debtors Have to Show Up for 727 Trials: A Cautionary Tale
A recent Fifth Circuit opinion brought back memories of a case I was involved with as a young lawyer. The lesson to be learned is that debtors are required to appear for a hearing on a complaint objecting to discharge regardless of whether they have been subpoenaed. Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4002(a)(2) Read full article
11th Circuit: Subchapter S Election is Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate
Camp Mystic illustrates That Insurance Can Be Property of the Estate
A motion to lift the automatic stay to allow a tort claimant to proceed against the debtor's insurance coverage is one of the simpler pleadings to file in bankruptcy. Because insurance involves a third party's obligation to defend a suit or pay claims, property of the estate is not implicated. Read full article
Georgia’s New $50,000 Homestead Exemption (And Why It’s Really Worth More)
What Should I Discuss With My Bankruptcy Lawyer? Here Are A Few Things Beyond The Worksheets
Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit's Approach to Judicial Estoppel
The Fifth Circuit has long applied judicial estoppel aggressively when a debtor fails to list a cause of action. It once held (in a panel opinion overruled by the en banc court) that a trustee was bound by a debtor's failure to disclose assets. Reed v. City of Arlington , 620 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. Read full article