The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Drew S. McGehrin | August 15, 2019
In TKC Aerospace v. Muhs (In re Muhs), 923 F.3d 377 (4th Cir. 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a debt incurred as a result of a willful and malicious injury may nevertheless be dischargeable notwithstanding the provisions of 11 U.S.C. Section 523(a)(6).
By Raychel Lean | August 14, 2019
U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga could envision the newspaper headlines. "The public could reasonably question a headline (accurately) reading, 'Judge finds in favor of trustee after trustee's counsel hires the judge's fiance and member of his household,'" she wrote.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | August 13, 2019
Corporate and Securities Litigation columnists Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale discuss a recent opinion issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which held that a liquidation trustee who brought claims initially raised in an adversary proceeding by an unsecured creditors committee did not have standing to assert derivative claims on behalf of the debtor. The ruling raises a number of questions, which the authors address.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Analysis
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | August 13, 2019
Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale discuss a recent opinion issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which held that a liquidation trustee who brought claims initially raised in an adversary proceeding by an unsecured creditors committee did not have standing to assert derivative claims on behalf of the debtor. The ruling raises a number of questions, which the authors address.
By Ross Todd | August 12, 2019
The California Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit bankruptcy lawyer Robert White filed against online payment company Square Inc., holding that "visiting a website with intent to use its services is, for purposes of standing, equivalent to presenting oneself for services at a brick-and-mortar store."
By Ryan Lovelace | August 8, 2019
When millions of photos from the archives of Ebony and Jet magazines went on the bankruptcy auction block, Fatheree saw a chance to help ensure they didn't become lost to the public.
By Jack Newsham | August 7, 2019
The former national sales director for Insys claims that Weil's concurrent representation of him and his employer posed a conflict that requires a new trial.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | August 7, 2019
In In re Old BPSUSH, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey resolved a dispute over control of attorney-client and work product privileges applicable to information generated in an investigation conducted on behalf of the corporate debtor’s former audit committee.
By Samantha Stokes | August 6, 2019
For Big Law bankruptcy practices, every brick-and-mortar retail failure has a silver lining.
By Samantha Stokes | August 6, 2019
Barneys New York, the luxury retailer that in recent years has fallen into financial peril, is among the latest retailers to turn to Kirkland & Ellis, tapping the firm as debtor's counsel in a Chapter 11 filing Tuesday morning in the Southern District of New York.
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