Another coffeehouse files for Chapter 11 as costs, prices rise - thestreet.com
Another coffeehouse files for Chapter 11 as costs, prices rise thestreet.com Read full article
Another coffeehouse files for Chapter 11 as costs, prices rise thestreet.com Read full article
The Spirit Airlines deidentified data sale: auction results, objections, and the September 30 hearing chapter11cases.com Read full article
Subordination by Plan: Delaware Affirms the Nikola Confirmation Order chapter11cases.com Read full article
"Pathetic and cowardly" - Lawyer calls out Byron Scott for declaring bankruptcy to put his sexual assault trial on hold Basketball Network Read full article
10 Little Rock residents file for bankruptcy protection Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Read full article
Lakers legend dodges sexual case trial in a controversial move BasketNews.com Read full article
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
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
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
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