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Ohio Court of Appeals Affirms $30 Million Libel Verdict Against Oberlin College

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The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in excess of $30,000,000 against Oberlin College, holding that Oberlin was responsible for libelous statements made during the course of a student protest. Gibson Bros., Inc. v....more

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How to Attack a Negative Net Worth Affidavit, Part II: A Case Study

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In Part I of this two-part series, we covered the basic procedure for attacking a negative net-worth affidavit filed to supersede a money judgment. This post offers a case study for successfully applying that procedure and...more

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How to Attack a Negative Net-Worth Affidavit, Part I: The Procedure

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You’ve obtained a money judgment, and your client is anxious to get paid. The judgment debtor files a notice of appeal and an affidavit claiming it has a negative net worth. The judgment debtor argues it is entitled to...more

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The Supreme Court - May 27, 2021

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision: San Antonio v. Hotels.com, L.P., No. 20-334: Although the general rule in litigation is that each side bears its own attorney’s fees, certain...more

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(Updated) Federal Circuit Gives a Makeover to $66 Million Judgment Against Beauty Giant

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $66 million dollar judgment against beauty industry giant L’Oréal for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and a related breach...more

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Federal Circuit Gives a Makeover to $66 Million Judgment Against Beauty Giant

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $66 million dollar judgment against beauty industry giant L’Oréal for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and a related breach...more

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Post-Taggart, Ninth Circuit BAP Holds That "No Fair Ground of Doubt" Standard Applies to Automatic Stay Violations

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In Taggart v. Lorenzen, 139 S. Ct. 1795 (June 3, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a bankruptcy court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for attempting to collect on a debt that has been discharged in bankruptcy "if...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

To Be (Held in Contempt) or Not To Be? That Is the (Bankruptcy) Question

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Recently, the United States Supreme Court in Taggart v. Lorenzen set the legal standard that should be followed by bankruptcy courts when determining whether to hold a creditor in civil contempt for attempting to collect a...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Foreclosure Against a Commercial Landlord: Impact on Lease Rights

Foreclosure can often have tricky impacts on lease rights...  See Eviction After Foreclosure: California Supreme Court Weighs In and When a Lender Forecloses on a Leasehold Interest…. An opinion recently published by...more

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The Supreme Court Hands Down a New Standard for Bankruptcy Discharge Violations

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On June 3, 2019, Justice Breyer delivered a unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court conclusively establishing the standard courts must apply to hold a creditor in civil contempt for violation of a bankruptcy discharge order....more

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From the Top in Brief - August 2019

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On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Taggart v. Lorenzen, 139 S. Ct. 1795 (2019), that a bankruptcy court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for attempting to collect on a debt that has been discharged in...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Creditors Beware: Collection of Debt Based on Unreasonable Belief/Understanding That the Debt Was Not Discharged in Bankruptcy...

In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' Order, which affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's Order vacating civil contempt sanctions against Bradley Taggart's ("Bradley")...more

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Supreme Court Sets Standard for Bankruptcy Discharge Violations

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When your customer is in bankruptcy, there are two major no-nos that you must remember. First, don't violate the automatic stay, which prevents a creditor from attempting to collect a debt while the debtor is in bankruptcy...more

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SCOTUS Adopts "No Fair Ground of Doubt" Standard for Violations of Bankruptcy Discharge Order

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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently in Taggart v. Lorenzen that a creditor in a bankruptcy case may be held in civil contempt, and subject to sanction, where there is "no fair ground of doubt" about...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Decides Civil Contempt Standard for Violations of Discharge Orders

Successful bankruptcy cases typically end with a court order releasing a debtor from liability for most pre-bankruptcy debts. This order, generally known as a “discharge order,” prohibits the debtor’s creditors from trying to...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Creditors May Be Held In Contempt For Violating A Bankruptcy Discharge Order If There Is “No Fair Ground Of Doubt”

The U.S. Supreme Court has established an objective standard for determining whether a creditor should be held in civil contempt when the creditor attempts to collect a debt subject to a bankruptcy discharge order....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Taggart v. Lorenzen

On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Taggart v. Lorenzen, No. 18-489, holding that a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy court’s discharge order as long as there is “no fair ground of...more

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Second Circuit Re-Affirms Insider Trading Conviction Of Rajat Gupta

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On January 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed — for the second time — the insider trading conviction of Rajat Gupta. Gupta v. United States, No. 15-2707 (2d Cir. Jan. 7, 2019). In a...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Can Tort Victims Recover the Total Amount of Medical Expenses Billed?

Good news for defendants. The Court of Special Appeals recently decided that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act does not preempt the Maryland statute that allows post-trial motions to reduce judgments for past medical expenses....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Murphy v. Smith, No. 16-1067

On February 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court decided Murphy v. Smith, No. 16-1067, holding that when a prisoner receives a judgment under certain civil rights statutes, the district court must apply as much of the...more

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Supreme Court Decides Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 16-534

On June 19, 2107 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act allows some but not all of the property of a state sponsor of terrorism to be attached to...more

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Can a Receiver Keep Fees If the Underlying Judgement is Reversed on Appeal?

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Question: I have been appointed receiver to collect a judgment. The judgment is on appeal. I am concerned that if the judgment is reversed my fees might be in jeopardy. Am I entitled to keep the fees I have been paid even if...more

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Debtors Who Misuse Collateral Can Lose the Benefit of Discharging their Debt in Bankruptcy

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On November 21, 2016, in a case entitled In re Monson, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s decision, which held that a debtor’s conduct constituted a willful and malicious injury to a...more

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Seventh Circuit Sets Groundbreaking Precedent, Reverses FRSA Retaliation Judgment

On October 31, 2016, a $1 million dollar judgment against BNSF Railway Co. evaporated when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit set groundbreaking precedent under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Mississippi Legislature Changes Supersedeas Bond Amounts . . . Maybe

A party that wins at trial and recovers a money judgment may seek to collect on the judgment immediately, unless the other party posts a supersedeas bond to stay execution of the judgment pending appeal. The Mississippi...more

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