Practice and Procedure

D.C. Circuit Jun 9, 2020

D.C. Circuit Has Strict Rules for Constitutional Standing in FDCPA Suits

An FDCPA suit raises the question of whether Spokeo will be applied to bankruptcy cases.
10th Circuit Utah May 19, 2020

District Judge Rejects the Majority’s ‘Gotcha’ Approach to Automatic Abandonment

Sufficiently listing an asset anywhere in the schedules and SOFA will result in abandonment if the asset was not administered by the trustee, Utah district judge holds.
11th Circuit May 1, 2020

Executory Contract Was Deemed Rejected Even Though Not Scheduled as Executory

For the Eleventh Circuit, scheduling the unsecured claim resulted in automatic rejection even though the contract was not scheduled as executory.

May a Bankruptcy Court Annul the Automatic Stay after Acevedo?

Bankruptcy Judge Grossman explores the extent to which the Supreme Court’s Acevedo decision bars courts from granting relief retroactively.
Supreme Court Sep 19, 2019

Justices Postpone Argument in Fulton until the Supreme Court’s Next Term

Supreme Court won’t decide until late this year or early 2021 whether the automatic stay requires creditors to turn over repossessed property without a turnover action.
9th Circuit Apr 15, 2020

Courts Must Rule on ‘Comfort Orders’ When Requested, BAP Says

ABI Consumer Commission recommended that ‘comfort orders’ be obtained through motion practice, not adversary proceedings.