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Boat Dealer With 25+ Years of Experience Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy    WhatNow Read full article

I filed for bankruptcy after ending up $500,000 in debt. Here’s what happened next    The Independent Read full article

After Subhash Chandra case, bankruptcy board’s push for tighter safeguards &nbsp Read full article

AirBaltic files for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection    Macau Business Read full article

Alpharetta Construction Company That Served Wendy's and Popeyes Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy    WhatNow Read full article

Gastonia gets Chapter 7 liquidation hearing to recover land from Honey Hunters    The Business Journals Read full article

Fast-growing Overland Park firm emerges as largest creditor in medical interpreter bankruptcy    The Business Journals Read full article

airBaltic enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection    Aviation Business News Read full article

airBaltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure debt    Aviacionline Read full article

airBaltic Files for Chapter 11: Flights Continue as Usual—What Changes for Passengers    The Flight Club 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

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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

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 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

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