“Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance?” – The Mock Turtle’s Song, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Vinny Gambini: Are you suuuuure? Mona Lisa Vito: I’m positive. – My Cousin Vinny

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit contributed to a circuit split regarding jurisdiction in its recent decision in Pinpoint IT Services, LLC v. Rivera (In re Atlas IT Export Corp.).

Where a document filed under seal in a bankruptcy case has nothing to do with the bankruptcy itself, is the public entitled to access the document?  The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia considered this unique question in Robbins v.

In post-confirmation proceedings, bankruptcy courts maintain the ability to clarify a plan where silent or ambiguous, and interpret a plan to advance equitable considerations.  However, bankruptcy courts are not allowed to modify a plan outside the confines of section

Those of us old enough to remember the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (or NAFTA) recall its promise of free movement of goods, services, persons, and capital between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and greater economic prosperity in each of these countries.

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Real estate lenders should be aware of a 

Section 365(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code limits a debtor’s ability to assume or assign a contract where “applicable law” excuses a non-debtor counterparty from accepting performance from a third party.  Circuits currently are split on whether this section prohibits a debtor from assuming an intellectual property license without the consent of the

A recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas touched on two popular bankruptcy topics: notice requirements and the effect of a bankruptcy discharge on claims.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that’s happened up ‘til now.

Jacobs: Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. . . .

-Airplane II: the Sequel