Practice and Procedure

Judge in Mississippi remands a suit to state court because the notice of removal was filed with the bankruptcy clerk, not the district court clerk.

Judge Hunt in Chicago tells debtors’ counsel to oppose inclusion of unjustifiable provisions in chapter 13 plans, even if it means contested confirmation hearings.

Following dicta in Bellingham, Judge Collins finds no power to enter a final order in a fraudulent transfer suit against a defendant who did not consent.

Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.

Judges Pappas and Teel permit avoidance actions for small amounts to be prosecuted in the debtors’ bankruptcy courts.

Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.

Curiously, a Ninth Circuit panel imposed significant pleading requirements for FCRA complaints but only issued a nonprecedential opinion.

A failure to distinguish between res judicata and collateral estoppel turned out to be costly.