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Rochelle's Daily Wire
Coercive Contempt Sanctions Upheld by Second Circuit Under Inherent Authority
Worms v. Rozhkov (In re Markus)
Court’s inherent authority to sanction allows coercive contempt sanctions where rules and statutes are not up to the task.
Stop Punishing the Innocent: Congress Should Fix the Doll/Evans Problem
In re Evans
What will become of the chapter 13 system if standing trustees must refund all fees collected in cases dismissed before confirmation? The answer is perhaps unexpected: Unsecured creditors in confirmed chapter 13 cases will pay the administrative expenses of cases that fail.
Contesting the Election of a ‘Permanent’ Trustee Is Compensable, Judge Goldblatt Says
In re Team Systems International LLC
Contesting the election of a chapter 7 trustee isn’t like defending a fee application, which Baker Botts held to be noncompensable.
Payments Were Preferences Even Though They Were Made with Insurance Proceeds
Sommers v. Offshore Marine Contractors (In re Magellan E&P Holdings Inc.)
A preference opinion from Houston counsels creditors to be cautious when they are expecting payment from insurance.
