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In re: Thelen LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The district court's decision granting defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings, which concluded that under New York law, the "unfinished...

Pinpoint IT Services, LLC v. Atlas IT Export, Corp.

Bankruptcy Law
A creditor's appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's judgment dismissing its challenge to the bankruptcy court's no-stay-relief order is...

In Re: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Securities Law
In a dispute over the entitlement to certain assets between the trustee of a liquidating broker-dealer and the purchaser of the distressed company's...

Schultze v. Chandler

Bankruptcy Law, Professional Malpractice
The bankruptcy court properly dismissed a malpractice action against defendant-attorney brought by plaintiff-unsecured creditors' committee, where: 1)...

1256 Hertel Avenue Associates v. Calloway

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
The 2005 amendment to N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5206, which increased New York's homestead exemption from $10,000 to $50,000, applies to a judgment lien obtained...

RailWorks Corporation v. Construction Program Group

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
The bankruptcy court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendant, thus preventing the bankruptcy trustee from avoiding and recovering the...

National Heritage Foundation v. Highbourne Foundation

Bankruptcy Law
The bankruptcy court properly ruled that the non-debtor release provision in the debtor's Chapter 11 reorganization plan was unenforceable is...

Berger & Assocs. Attorneys, P.C. v. Kran

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Sanctions
In an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court, where plaintiff claims that debtor's deficient record-keeping, which led to sanctions in a prior...

In Re: Johns-Manville Corporation Common Law Settlement Counsel

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
The district court erred in reversing the bankruptcy court's final judgment that had enforced settlement agreements and compelled the objecting...

Schultze v. Chandler

Bankruptcy Law, Professional Malpractice
The bankruptcy court properly dismissed a malpractice action against defendant-attorney brought by plaintiff-unsecured creditors' committee, where: 1)...