Justices question bankruptcy courts’ authority in Anna Nicole Smith case
The 14-year legal battle over Anna Nicole Smith's late husband's fortune continues as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a bankruptcy court can issue a final order on a compulsory counterclaim...
View ArticleCourt reverses Anna Nicole Smith’s $450 million bankruptcy award
Although a bankruptcy court had the statutory authority to enter judgment on Anna Nicole Smith’s tortious interference counterclaim as a “core proceeding,” it lacked the authority under Article III of...
View ArticleAnna Nicole Smith case keeps roiling bankruptcy world
Anna Nicole Smith has created a potentially major problem for litigants in bankruptcy proceedings. The battle between the late former model and reality star and the estate of her late oil tycoon...
View ArticleJustices search for injury in RESPA kickback case
WASHINGTON – At oral arguments Monday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical of a homeowner’s claim that a kickback scheme violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act without...
View ArticleBankruptcy judges, lawyers frustrated by ‘Stern’ ruling
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Barbara J. Houser’s job is a lot harder than it used to be, and she is not afraid to admit it. The problem for Houser and her colleagues, as well as practitioners across the...
View ArticleSupremes won’t decide RESPA kickback case after all
The Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to issue a decision regarding a lower court ruling that a homeowner could sue a national title company for allegedly engaging in a kickback scheme...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE
The U.S. Supreme Court will not decide whether a private purchaser of real estate settlement services has standing to sue under Article III, §2 of the U.S. Constitution. See “Supremes won’t decide...
View ArticleAnna Nicole bankruptcy case still splitting the circuits
WASHINGTON – The fallout from the complicated legal battle between the late pinup model Anna Nicole Smith and the estate of the elderly oil magnate she married is still being felt by bankruptcy lawyers...
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