Holding: Article III permits bankruptcy judges to adjudicate Stern claims with the parties’ knowing and voluntary consent. Consent by parties also need not be in writing but can be determined
Continue Reading United States Supreme Court Expands Power of Bankruptcy Courts- Wellness Int’l v. Sharif
Non-Core
IPC International: Transfer of Venue Granted in Adversary Proceeding
By Fox Rothschild LLP on
Any defendant to a bankruptcy adversary proceeding seeking to transfer venue of their case should read the recent opinion dated November 3, 2014, in which the Honorable Mary F. Walrath…
Continue Reading IPC International: Transfer of Venue Granted in Adversary Proceeding
Decision in In Re: Donna K. Brady Holds: Officers Aren’t Contractors
By Fox Rothschild LLP on
Summary
In an 11 page opinion published May 18, 2011, Judge Shannon ruled that, in the context of a motion to dismiss, the officer of a corporation, which is itself…
Continue Reading Decision in In Re: Donna K. Brady Holds: Officers Aren’t Contractors
Decision in NEC Holdings Corp., Holds Non-Debtor Environmental Liabilities to be Non-Core
By Fox Rothschild LLP on
Summary
In a 5 page decision signed May 4, 2011, Judge Walsh of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court held that a proceeding initiated by a Debtor, seeking contribution relating to environmental…
Continue Reading Decision in NEC Holdings Corp., Holds Non-Debtor Environmental Liabilities to be Non-Core