June 15, 2026
First Brands was cleared to send its Chapter 11 plan to a creditor vote, defeating calls to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. The Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit decision that barred a man from bringing a personal injury lawsuit he failed to disclose in bankruptcy. And a company linked to an alleged trafficking ring won Chapter 15 recognition.
June 11, 2026
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that rejected the Fifth Circuit's "overly rigid" judicial estoppel rule gives lower courts more latitude to decide whether a debtor's failure to disclose a claim in bankruptcy was a mistake, but it leaves open numerous questions about the duties of consumer debtors, experts told Law360.
June 11, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated and remanded a Fifth Circuit ruling that let judicial estoppel bar a Chapter 13 debtor from pursuing tort litigation after he failed to disclose the claim to a bankruptcy court, deciding that the circuit court did not consider the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case.
March 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether the Fifth Circuit erred in letting judicial estoppel bar a Chapter 13 debtor from pursuing tort litigation after failing to disclose the claim to a bankruptcy court, weighing whether to apply a holistic test to determine if the debtor's mistake was inadvertent.
March 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its March oral arguments session by reviewing disputes over the validity of state laws allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted in federal elections and whether "last-mile" delivery drivers qualify for the transportation worker exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act.
December 09, 2025
Five retired bankruptcy judges are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit ruling blocking a debtor from pursuing litigation he failed to disclose in his bankruptcy case, saying the panel applied stricter standards than most circuits and the high court itself.
October 20, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal challenging a "rigid" and "unforgivable" rule used by some bankruptcy courts that permanently blocks a debtor from pursuing litigation if they knew - but didn't disclose - the allegations as part of their bankruptcy case.