Status Conferences to Continue Prepetition State Court Suits Don’t Violate the Stay
The Ninth Circuit B.A.P. says that the automatic stay does not require dismissal of prepetition lawsuits against debtors.
Bar Date Notice by Email Is Insufficient, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt Says
Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.
Capped Landlord Claim Can Also Be Nondischargeable, Eighth Circuit Says
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.
Refusing to Release an Attachment After Filing Is No Stay Violation Following Fulton
Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.
On an ‘Involuntary,’ Denial of Summary Judgment Doesn’t Mean the Claim Is Disputed
The Iqbal and Twombly standards don’t apply to involuntary petitioners who are required to use Official Form 105.