- SDNY: Stern concerns aside, withdrawal at this pre-trial stage would cause significant inefficiencies & be inapprop. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
- SDNY: No room in Stern for fr tsf claim that is a private right in 7th Am context but a public right in Art III context http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
- SDNY consensus post-Stern is BK Cts cant enter final jdgmt in fr tsf actions unless tied to proof of claim ruling. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
- SDNY: Post-Stern, core/non-core distinction may not remain relevant to district ct’s withdrawal of reference for cause http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
- SDNY: Pre-Stern, threshold inquiry in permissive withdrawal was whether the claim was core or non-core http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/LYONDELL-DC-SD-NY-COTE-3-29-12.pdf …
- D-IL: Cts are skeptical that a BK trustee can be a class rep. absent potentially substantial class member recoveries. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/PRIME-DC-SD-IL-STIEHL-9-26-11.pdf …
- 7th: Can’t circumvent Rooker-Feldman by recasting review as a cplt about civil rights, due process, conspiracy, or RICO http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/WALLIS-APP-SEVENTH-CIRCUIT-CUDAHY-9-21-11.pdf …
- 9th: Common law right of public access to judicial documents displaced by BK Code §107 in the bankruptcy context. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/ROMAN-APP-NINTH-CIRCUIT-IKUTA-9-21-11.pdf …
- 9-BAP reviews split re if BK exemptions, incl. tenancy by entirety, are subject to §544(a) avoidance & says they are. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/DUFFIN-BK-TENTH-BROWN-9-19-11.pdf …
- D-IL: Claims of ch 7 ttee & crs. v. 3d parties are so closely related that the BK Ct properly enjoined creditor action. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/IFC-DC-ND-IL-MAROVICH-9-14-11.pdf …
- D-IL:Corp vol. petition not signed by atty isnt void ab initio but can be freely amended per FRBP 1009 to correct it http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/IFC-DC-ND-IL-MAROVICH-9-14-11.pdf …
- D-OH: Dishonesty exclusion in D&O policy applies to liq. ttee bec sole actor rule overrides adverse interest exception. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/UNENCUMBERED-DC-SD-OH-GRAHAM-9-16-11.pdf …
- D&O carrier may have waived its right to rescind policy based on fraudulent reps by accepting tail coverage premium. http://www.bankruptcylitigationblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/uploads/file/UNENCUMBERED-DC-SD-OH-GRAHAM-9-16-11.pdf …