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On November 2, 2015, Judge Brendan L. Shannon walked a pair of litigants through the factors used in the Third Circuit to determine whether to grant a motion to transfer venue.

Associates Jane Haviland, Kathryn Droumbakis, and Rachel Sposato co-authored an article published by Law360 discussing bankruptcy relief for employees in the cannabis industry.

As we previously reported, the Bankruptcy Code saw many changes in 2020 and 2021. Some of the changes that were enacted under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ("CAA") will soon end.

In U.S. Capital Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, No. 15-1509 (U.S. Mar. 5, 2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that an appellate court should apply a deferential standard of review...

The United States Supreme Court ruled that funds held in inherited IRAs do not fall within the meaning of the bankruptcy code’s exemption for "retirement funds".

On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the City of Chicago did not violate section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code...

Swift Energy Co. ("Swift") has become the latest U.S. shale driller to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, filing a voluntary petition on December 31, 2015. Swift pumps oil in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas and in Louisiana fields.

On July 1, 2016, SynCardia Systems, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

If a creditor is holding property of a party that files bankruptcy, is it "exercising control over" such property (and violating the automatic stay) by refusing the debtor's turnover demands?

U.S. federal courts have frequently been referred to as the "guardians of the Constitution."

U.S. federal courts have frequently been referred to as the "guardians of the Constitution." Under Article III of the Constitution, federal judges are appointed for life by the U.S. president with the approval of the Senate.

The Office of the United States Trustee, a unit of the U.S. Department of Justice assigned to oversee bankruptcy cases, issued new final guidelines on June 11 governing the payment of attorneys' fees and expenses in large chapter 11 cases—cases with $50 million or more in assets and $50 million or more in liabilities.

Ten years ago, in 2003, the Seventh Circuit issued its Qualitech decision, which sought to reconcile a perceived conflict between section 365(h) and section 363(f).

A federal bankruptcy court in New York has held that a trustee’s suit against the debtor’s professionals was not barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto.

Almost five years after the enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act, the Supreme Court recently ruled in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al v. United States that attorneys are "debt relief agencies" who are limited in their ability to provide pre-bankruptcy planning advice to consumers and obligating them to provide additional disclosures in their advertisements.

In their article for the Journal of Bankruptcy Law titled "US Supreme Court Rules on Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 Plan: No Authorization for Release of Nonconsensual Claims Against Third Parties," ...

Notably, however, Judge Glenn remarked that customers may seek to rebut that presumption during the claims allowance process.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved whether, pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, a debtor-licensor's rejection of a trademark license terminates rights of the licensee...