Friday, May 16, 2025

Mediation in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

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TV lawyers are constantly heading into trial, sometimes after seeing the file for the first time that morning. On television, the clients ne...
Sunday, May 04, 2025

When Should A Corporation File Chapter 7?

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When an individual files for Chapter 7 relief, the goal is to keep their exempt property and discharge their dischargable debts. A corporati...
Monday, July 08, 2024

Farewell to Chevron Deference

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One of the many controversial opinions coming from the Supreme Court at the end of its term was Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , No. 2...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Supreme Court Nixes Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases

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In an opinion that resolves decades of circuit court splits, the Supreme Court ruled against allowing nonconsensual third-party releases. Ha...
Monday, January 01, 2024

Meet Judge Robinson

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Shad Robinson took the bench as the twelfth bankruptcy judge to serve in the Western District of Texas on February 21, 2023. Judge Robinson,...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Deciding Cases and Explains What Is Jurisdictional and What Is Not

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Author's Note: I started writing this post in April. My life has been a bit busy this year so I haven't blogged as much as in prior ...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

NCBJ 2023: The Valuation Paradox

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In the program Who Killed the Company? Tips and Trends in Claims and Defenses, Judge Marvin Isgur and his fellow panelists confronted issues...