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Are Bankruptcy Avoidance Actions Becoming a Marketable Asset Class? | New York Law Journal
Law.com· 2 days agoIn many bankruptcy cases, courts permit debtors in possession and trustees to “sell” avoidance...
U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies Scope of Louisiana Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act (LOAIA) | JD Supra
JD Supra· 6 days agoEnacted in 1981, the Louisiana Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act (LOAIA) renders “void and unenforceable” certain contractual defense and indemnification provisions in “agreement[s] pertaining to ...
EPA Venue Challenge, Trademark Rule Fight, Maritime Issue Are Leading Supreme Court Petitions From...
Law.com· 4 days agoAs the U.S. Supreme Court sprints to the finish of its October 2023 term, litigants are vying for...
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoOn June 5, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) vacated the Private Fund Advisers Rule (the “Rule”) adopted by the SEC on August 23, 2023.[1] In reaching its ...
Not So Fast: Fifth Circuit Partially Reverses the NLRB’s Thryv Decision | JD Supra
JD Supra· 3 days agoIn a follow-up to our December 2022 blog post and December 2023 year-end roundup alert regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) decision in Thryv, Inc., the United States ...
The Right’s Truly Incredible Argument for Weakening Consumer Safety
New Republic· 4 hours agoConsumers’ Research did not bother with paeans to the Founders. It merely envisioned a world where...
Louisiana Suit May Interfere With Tax Administration, Judges Say
Bloomberg Law· 5 days agoTwo Fifth Circuit judges seemed unconvinced during oral arguments Tuesday that an occupancy and sales tax dispute belongs in federal court instead of in Louisiana state court.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB’s Funding Mechanism as Constitutional | JD Supra
JD Supra· 6 days agoOn May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, determining ...
Mississippi Win: Texas to Michigan Crude Oil Pipeline to Owe Crossing Fee | Texas Lawyer
Law.com· 3 days agoA Houston-based crude oil pipeline company lost a dispute in Mississippi federal court over whether it should pay a crossing fee on two pipelines that run through the state. The U.S. Court of ...
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Reason.com· 2 days agoPlease enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. In which the Supreme Court, in 1954, abandoned previous constitutional ...