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US Supreme Court's Decision in Bullock: A Significant Development in Determining "Recklessness" Under Federal Law? 3 Jun 2013 | 07:22 pm
Last week I published a blog post on the US Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Bullock v. BankChampaign, N.A., No. 11-1518 (May 13, 2013) (pdf), that focused on the Court's application of the nosci...
US Supreme Court Deciphers "Defalcation" in Bullock: A Canonical Exercise in "Reading Law" (Scalia/Garner) 27 May 2013 | 11:22 pm
The US Supreme Court has long taught the importance of certain canons of interpretation unique to bankruptcy law, the more significant ones being: The Fresh-Start Policy: A primary purpose of bankru...
The Mass of Contradictions that Define "Bad Boys" in Sports, Art, Life, and the Law 22 Feb 2013 | 03:17 am
The phrase “bad boys” is one that conjures up a multitude of contradictory connotations. In sports, the Detroit Pistons wore the moniker proudly as they pummeled their way to consecutive NBA champions...
Chief Judge Easterbrook Writes That Free Market Competition Trumps Equity's Attempted Free Lunch Under the New Value Exception to the Absolute Priorit... 18 Feb 2013 | 11:00 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE A 7th Circuit opinion authored by Chief Judge Easterbrook last week had me again looking across the street at 203 North LaSalle and wondering whe...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.9 29 Oct 2012 | 08:42 pm
Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series. The inset photo is of the Senator Thad Cochran United States Bankruptcy Court in Aberdeen, Mississippi (pictures and story here), a 47,000 squar...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.8 29 Oct 2012 | 08:48 am
Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series. Catching up after the long Jewish holiday season. The inset photo is of the Garmatz Federal Courthouse (story here), home to the Bankruptcy Cou...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.7 14 Sep 2012 | 09:48 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series. The inset photo is of the Jacob Weinberger US Courthouse (story here), home to the Bankru...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.6 14 Sep 2012 | 09:13 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series, catching up on more of my backlog o...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.5 7 Sep 2012 | 08:59 am
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series, catching up on more of my backlog of twitter posts of case developments in the past...
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases - A Year in Review - V.4 5 Sep 2012 | 10:29 am
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series, catching up on more of my backlog of twitter posts of case developments in the past...
