Florida Bankruptcy Court Finds Bird Scooter Releases Do Not Run Afoul Of Purdue Pharma
On August 2, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida (“Bankruptcy Court”) entered an...
Giuliani Bankruptcy Saga Concludes
In my July 22 post titled, Giuliani Bankruptcy Case Drama Continues, I reported on the memorandum decision entered...
The Gateway Pundit Bankruptcy Dismissed as Bad Faith Filing
On July 25, 2024, Judge Mindy A. Mora of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District...
Giuliani Bankruptcy Case Drama Continues
In a late 2023 post, I wrote about Rudolph Giuliani’s efforts to avoid the collection of a $148...
A Deeper Dive Into the SCOTUS Purdue Pharma Opinion
As I wrote in my recent blog post, SCOTUS Rejects Third Party Releases of the Sackler Family in...
SCOTUS Rejects Third Party Releases of the Sackler Family in the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case
Surpeme Court Puts the Kibosh on the Sackler Opioid Settlement
Florida Rule Changes Bring Civil Practice Into Closer Alignment with Federal Practice
On May 23, 2024, on its own motion, the Florida Supreme Court modified Florida Rule of Civil Procedure...
Is plagiarism in the practice of law illegal?
While frowned upon in academia, plagiarism in the practice of law has often been considered the sincerest form...
SCOTUS Strikes Down Ban on Bump Stocks
In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, in Garland v. Cargill, the Supreme Court of the United...
SCOTUS Declines to Refund Bankruptcy Fees
In a 6-3 opinion issued on June 14, 2024, in Office of the United States Trustee v. John...
Southern District of Florida Affirms Trustee’s Sale of State Law Avoidance Claims
There is a split among federal courts as to whether a Chapter 7 Trustee may sell avoidance claims...
What is the pleading standard for affirmative defenses in federal court?
As discussed in in my Best Practices for Pleading Complaints post, Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of...