California

Judge Klein let a lawyer off the hook for violating Rule 9011 because the lawyer had already been punished enough.

Someone seeking to issue a subpoena to a trustee is the proper party to seek leave under the Barton doctrine, Judge Clarkson says.

Equitable tolling can extend the two-year deadline for filing complaints, but the deadline can’t be extended without notice to the defendants, even if they are unknown or unknowable.

Just because a creditor doesn’t cash a distribution check doesn’t mean it’s abandoned and reverts to the debtor.

So long as there was no delay in filing the retention application, Judge Tighe identified statutory and practical reasons for allowing compensation for services rendered before entry of a retention order.

Bankruptcy court evicted a debtor from his residence because he didn’t qualify for the Covid-19 moratoria.

Are the lower courts out of step with the Supreme Court when it comes to enforcement of arbitration of disputes in bankruptcy court?

An expectancy interest in a trust isn’t “property” to underlay a fraudulent transfer suit.

Title doesn’t control: Jointly owned property is nonetheless community property in a dispute with a bankruptcy trustee, the California Supreme Court says.

Retroactive and nunc pro tunc orders aren’t the same thing, Judge Jaime says. Orders may be retroactive when the power is implied by statute.