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Bankruptcy Court Orders Civil Confinement Over Discovery Dispute

At a hearing in mid-March, the Delaware bankruptcy court held Camshaft Capital Fund, LP, Camshaft Capital Advisors, LLC, Camshaft Capital Management (collectively, “Camshaft”) and William Cameron Morton, principal of...more

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"My Lawyer Made Me Do It" is Not an Absolute Defense to Bankruptcy Court Sanctions

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Last year, we offered a lesson and a moral from a North Carolina district court decision reversing a $115,000 sanctions order by a North Carolina bankruptcy court.  The lesson from the case was that the bankruptcy court...more

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Use Clarity to Avoid Contempt in Bankruptcy

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This is a story about contempt and clarity - It comes to us from a July 2021 North Carolina district court decision reversing a $115,000 sanctions order by a North Carolina bankruptcy court. The story offers a lesson and...more

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Ninth Circuit Declines To Decide When Contempt Sanction Becomes Punishment

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Bankruptcy courts have authority to hold in civil contempt one who refuses to comply with a bankruptcy court order, including incarceration and/or daily fines until the offender complies. But when does civil contempt cross...more

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