Bankruptcy Court Voids State Court Order Confirming Inapplicability of the Automatic Stay
On September 20, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico (the “Bankruptcy Court”)...
The Dangers of Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing and the Prospective Sale of 23andMe
23andMe Holding Co.’s financial troubles should worry customers who submitted DNA samples for testing using a direct to...
Post Purdue Pharma: Texas Bankruptcy Court Confirms Chapter 11 Plan With Opt-Out Procedure for Third-Party Releases
On August 16, 2024, Judge Christopher Lopez of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of...
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...
Debt Purchaser Sanctioned for Violating Discharge Injunction
A bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Florida has determined that “merely selling a debt to another...
Purdue Pharma: What is a channeling injunction?
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has been asked to resolve a split in the Circuit...
Common Features of Chapter 7 Cases and Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors
I recently wrote an introductory article about assignments for the benefit of creditors (ABCs) and contrasted them to...
Can Giuliani Escape His Defamation Judgment In Chapter 11?
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code...
Bankruptcy & Insolvency: Bankruptcy Courts report 13% increase in bankruptcies.
According to a report published on the United State Courts website on October 26, 2023, which can be...