Brenden Dahrouge

June 08, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

With this ruling, six bankruptcy court decisions from the District of Oregon, the Eastern District of Kentucky, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of Texas, and the Southern District of New York have held that electricity is not a "good" and does not qualify under Section 503(b)(9). The ruling can make the differences between being paid in full as opposed to pennies (if any) on the dollar.

By Francis J. Lawall and Brenden Dahrouge

6 minute read

February 02, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Jan. 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently provided some additional color to the abstention issue by ruling that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas lacked jurisdiction to decide an exclusively state-governed question related to emergency energy price controls.

By Francis J. Lawall and Brenden Dahrouge

9 minute read