na Cases
October 6, 2021
Counsel sanctioned $10,000 for making allegations about an intentional or malicious stay violation without having performed an investigation to justify the claims.
September 16, 2021
Lack of authority on point is no defense to a willful violation of the automatic stay, according to the Third Circuit.
September 1, 2021
Reversing in favor of the Madoff trustee, the Second Circuit rules that inquiry notice, not willful blindness, governs the good faith defense by recipients of fraudulent transfers.
August 20, 2021
It isn’t duress when a lender threatens to take action that the loan agreement allows, the circuit court says.
August 16, 2021
Here’s an example of how state law prevents bankruptcy law from being uniform throughout the U.S.
August 3, 2021
The Seventh Circuit provided a useful guide for how much supervision a lawyer must provide when a nonlawyer is doing most of the work.
July 13, 2021
Madoff defendant socked with $280,000 in prejudgment interest for relitigating issues decided long ago.
June 30, 2021
Two judges appointed to the Ninth Circuit by President Trump disagree about the ability of a creditor to enforce the automatic stay for its benefit or to protect the estate.
June 28, 2021
Although the arbitrator didn’t explicitly find willful and malicious injury, the nature of a successful claim for sexual discrimination supplied the required findings for nondischargeability.
June 24, 2021
Read Judge Grossman’s opinion as though it were a final exam question to see how many issues you spot and whether you come up with the correct answers.