The First Circuit was required to decide whether the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”) or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the “Civil Rules”) govern  a case…
Continue Reading Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure Apply When a District Court is Hearing a “Related To” Proceeding

Joseph J. DiPasquale, a partner in Fox Rothschild’s Morristown, New Jersey and New York City offices, is set to co-moderate a presentation on important developments in bankruptcy law throughout…
Continue Reading 20th Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference: Fox Rothschild Partner, Joseph J. DiPasquale, to Co-Moderate “2021 – The Year in Review from the Perspective of Judges and Attorneys”

Coauthored by Martha B. Chovanes

Introduction

The relationship for  which counsel for a committee could be disqualified was addressed in the recent case of Bingham Greenbaum Doll, LLP v. Glenview…
Continue Reading DISQUALIFICATION OF ATTORNEY FOR CREDITOR COMMITTEE VACATED

On December 21, 2020, the United States Trustee Program (USTP) published a final rule in the Federal Register, entitled the “Procedures for Completing Uniform Periodic Reports in Non-Small Business Cases…
Continue Reading The United States Trustee Program’s New Chapter 11 Periodic Reports (Effective June 21, 2021)

The Delaware Bankruptcy Court now has eight judges to manage its hectic caseload.  Judge Craig Goldblatt was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware…
Continue Reading Delaware Bankruptcy Bench is at Full Strength with the Addition of Judge Craig Goldblatt

Judge Harlin D. Hale of the United State Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed by the National Rifle Association (the “NRA”)…
Continue Reading NRA Bankruptcy Case Dismissed for Cause Because It Was Not Filed in Good Faith