Beware The Barton Doctrine When Suing Trustees, Receivers And Other Fiduciaries
The Barton Doctrine is a pivotal principle in bankruptcy law, originating from the 1881 Supreme Court case Barton...
Third Circuit Sanctions Firm For Failure To Strictly Comply With Fee Disclosure Requirements
In a decision rendered in In re Aquilino on April 25, 2025, by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
The Appointment of a Privacy Ombudsman in 23andMe’s Bankruptcy: A Crucial Safeguard for Genetic Data
The concerns identified in my earlier blog titled, The Dangers of Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing and the...
Supreme Court Limits Trustee’s Clawback Claims Against IRS
In an 8-1 opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court determined that sovereign immunity protects the Internal...
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...