Bankruptcy
Dec. 14, 2011
District judge will have the final say in Heller bankruptcy suits
Only district judges can enter final judgment in certain suits stemming from law firm bankruptcies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, nicking away at the power of the bankruptcy bench.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Only district judges can enter final judgment in certain suits stemming from law firm bankruptcies, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, nicking away at the power of the bankruptcy bench.
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer in San Francisco applied a U.S. Supreme Court decision from celebrity Anna Nicole Smith's probate case to four lawsuits the Heller Ehrman LLP estate filed against firms that took i...
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