ADA suit isn’t discharged by airline’s bankruptcy 
Published: October 18, 2011
Tags: Americans with Disability Act, Chapter 11, disability discrimination
A disability discrimination suit against Northwest Airlines was not discharged by the company’s bankruptcy, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Law firm needn’t disgorge bankruptcy retainer
Published: July 20, 2011
Tags: administrative expenses, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, disgorgement
A law firm couldn’t be ordered to disgorge its retainer for the purpose of paying the administrative expenses in its client’s bankruptcy case, the 6th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled in reversing judgment.
Bankruptcy filings up slightly from previous year
Published: May 13, 2011
Tags: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, bankruptcy filings, Chapter 11, CHAPTER 13
Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2011 rose slightly when compared to filings for the previous year, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
House committee advances business bankruptcy bill
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 20, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Congress
WASHINGTON – A House committee has advanced legislation that would amend the Bankruptcy Code to offer new protections for employees and retirees of companies that file for Chapter 11 reorganization.
Bankruptcy protects sale of tenancy in common
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: Chapter 11, tenancy in common, unsecured creditors
The Bankruptcy Code’s “statutory mootness” provision protects the finality of a sale of property held by debtors as tenants in common with non-debtors, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
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.
