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In Re: Premier Automotive

Bankruptcy Law
Dismissal of Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition seeking to invoke the automatic stay and other bankruptcy code protections in order to forestall eviction...

Beck v. PACE Int'l Union

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
Merger is not a permissible method of terminating a single-employer defined-benefit pension plan under ERISA.

In re: Barrett

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Health Law
An order discharging Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor's student loan debts on the basis of "undue hardship" pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 523(a) is...

In re: Hechinger Inv. Co. of Delaware, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection
In bankruptcy proceedings in which the debtor filed a complaint against its creditor to avoid and recover preferential transfers from the creditor, a...

Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business,...

Fields Station LLC v. Capitol Food Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit attempting to prevent a lessee from reorganizing under Chapter 11 and reopening as a food market on the landlord's property, denial of a...

Rupp v. United Sec. Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A bankruptcy debtor's title of "director emeritus" of defendant-company does not make the company a "per se insider" of the debtor, for purposes of a...

US v. Maturin

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A restitution order, imposed following defendant's conviction for concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding, is vacated where: 1) the district...

In re: Adbox, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute between the primary financial backers of a start-up company in bankruptcy, involving backers' counterclaim against the company's...

Lewallen v. Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy action brought to avoid foreclosure on debtor's home, a denial of creditor's motion to dismiss or, alternatively, compel...