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Major mattress chain files Chapter 11 bankruptcy    www.thestreet.com Read full article

Major burger chain’s franchisee files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy    TheStreet Read full article

Karyopharm Enters Chapter 11 in Planned Merger With Ayrmid    Pharmaceutical Executive Read full article

Landry’s rescues 9 restaurants from bankruptcy as closures mount    TheStreet Read full article

Mercer plans Chapter 11 as part of US$1.275 billion debt restructuring    METissue Read full article

Karyopharm files for Chapter 11 as Ayrmid lines up merger    The Pharma Letter Read full article

Karyopharm announces planned merger with Ayrmid amid Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing    PMLiVE Read full article

Farm bankruptcies rise across the U.S. as costs continue to bite    Wisconsin Farmer Read full article

61 Outback Steakhouse Restaurants File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy    L’Express Franchise Read full article

Key facts: Mercer Plans Chapter 11; Note Grace Extended; Shares Up 126%    TradingView Read full article

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

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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