Bill would help small businesses reorganize 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Congress, small business
WASHINGTON – When Congress returns from summer recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to consider a measure that would change the way small businesses reorganize in bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy court can hear legal malpractice suit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 2, 2010
Tags: Chapter 11, jurisdiction, legal malpractice
A bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to decide claims of legal malpractice relating to a debtor’s Chapter 11 case, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Tenant must pay full rent in bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: Chapter 11
A commercial tenant was obligated to pay a rent obligation in full after filing for bankruptcy, 8th Circuit has ruled.
Asbestos claim may be discharged in bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 7, 2010
Tags: asbestos, Chapter 11, discharge, mesothelioma
An asbestos claim may have been discharged by the defendant’s bankruptcy – even though the plaintiff didn’t experience symptoms of mesothelioma until years later, the en banc 3rd Circuit has ruled.
Law firm can’t block bankruptcy dismissal
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: Chapter 11
A law firm that acted as counsel for the creditors’ committee in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy lacked standing to challenge dismissal of the case, the 7th Circuit has ruled.
Bankruptcy discharge wrongly denied
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: Chapter 11, Chapter 7
A bankruptcy court wrongly denied a discharge of debts in a Chapter 13 case solely on the ground that the debtor would have been denied a discharge under Chapter 7, the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled in reversing judgment.
Disability suit barred by airline’s bankruptcy
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 16, 2009
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Chapter 11
An airline employee could not sue for disability discrimination because her claim was discharged in the company’s bankruptcy, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Business booming at bankruptcy firms
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: November 19, 2009
Tags: bankruptcy filings, Chapter 11
Small and mid-sized firms that focus on Chapter 11 bankruptcy are seeing more work in the wake of the current economy.
Employer’s bankruptcy doesn’t negate wage claim
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 8, 2009
Tags: Chapter 11, Chapter 7, wage and hour claims
An employer’s bankruptcy doesn’t negate liability for “willful” failure to pay employees their wages under state law, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Debtor doesn’t have right to jury trial
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: July 1, 2009
Tags: Chapter 11
A Chapter 11 debtor did not have a right to a jury trial in a turnover action filed by the bankruptcy trustee to recover the proceeds of an insurance settlement, the 1st Circuit has ruled.
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