The Picklr CEO Says 'That's on Us' After Fast-Growing $59M Pickleball Chain Files for Bankruptcy - Inc.com
The Picklr CEO Says 'That's on Us' After Fast-Growing $59M Pickleball Chain Files for Bankruptcy Inc.com Read full article
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Shilo Sanders Talks Building His Own House While Fighting $12M Bankruptcy Case - Complex
Shilo Sanders Talks Building His Own House While Fighting $12M Bankruptcy Case Complex Read full article
What led to True Food Kitchen’s bankruptcy? - Restaurant Business Magazine
What led to True Food Kitchen’s bankruptcy? Restaurant Business Magazine Read full article
Pickleball franchisor with St. Louis-area investor files for bankruptcy reorganization - The Business Journals
Pickleball franchisor with St. Louis-area investor files for bankruptcy reorganization The Business Journals Read full article
Getty Images is filing for bankruptcy and going private in a $533 million Koch deal - Quartz
Getty Images is filing for bankruptcy and going private in a $533 million Koch deal Quartz Read full article
Getty Images To File Ch. 11, Go Private In Koch-Backed Deal - Law360
Getty Images To File Ch. Read full article
The Picklr files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, company says local business not immediately impacted - The Business Journals
The Picklr files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, company says local business not immediately impacted The Business Journals Read full article
The Picklr Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Secures $4.5M - The Dink Pickleball
The Picklr Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Secures $4.5M The Dink Pickleball Read full article
How Getty’s Bankruptcy Affects Photographers: Payments, Contracts, and Next Steps - PetaPixel
How Getty’s Bankruptcy Affects Photographers: Payments, Contracts, and Next Steps PetaPixel Read full article
Pickleball facility franchisor files for bankruptcy as founder acknowledges business mistake: 'I own it' - Fox Business
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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