By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. & Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. In a recent decision, the Supreme Court unanimously held that federal courts may hear appeals of bankruptcy sale orders despite jurisdictional objections. See...
Lender Alert: Billing Statement Including Pre-Petition Attorneys’ Fees May Constitute a Stay Violation
Apr 28, 2023
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. & Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. In a recent unpublished and nonprecedential memorandum opinion, the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (“BAP”) held that a mortgage...
Last week, the International Trademark Association (INTA) released two white papers examining the intersection of intellectual property and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the metaverse. The white papers discuss the potential...
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq., Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq., and Elizabeth Conklin In a recent decision of interest to bankruptcy and estate planning attorneys alike, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laura K. Grandy, sitting in the...
A California Federal Court Makes a DAO Ruling with Potentially Game-Changing Implications
Apr 18, 2023
By: Matthew E. Rappaport, Esq., LL.M. and Michelle S. Kabel, Esq. On March 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that plaintiffs in Sarcuni v. bZx DAO may plausibly allege that bZx...
By: Bridget M. Kelly, Esq. and Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. Between the aging of baby boomers and increasing life expectancies, there is a growing demand for Long Term Care (“LTC”) throughout the United States. At the same...
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. & Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. We previously reported on the Third Circuit’s decision to dismiss the New Jersey bankruptcy case filed by a Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary,...
CRYPTO-BANKRUPTCY UPDATE: District Court Stays Sale of Voyager Accounts to Binance.US Pending Appeal
Mar 30, 2023
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. & Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. On March 13, 2023, we reported on Bankruptcy Judge Michael E. Wiles’ controversial decision to approve a chapter 11 plan authorizing Voyager Digital Holdings...
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. and Melissa A. Guseynov, Esq. In a recent unpublished decision dated February 28, 2023, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Frederick E. Clement of the Eastern District of California Bankruptcy Court held...
By: Hon. Ruth Bogatyrow Kraft In a class action suit brought on March 16, 2023, a visitor to an Amazon Go convenience store in New York City alleged that the company violated the New York City biometric posting statute. That...