Resolving a split in the federal circuits, the Supreme Court has held that a workers’ compensation insurer is not entitled to priority status in bankruptcy court for premiums owed by the debtor. The ...

A side deal between secured and unsecured creditors to settle objections to the secured creditors' purchase of a bankrupt entity outside of a reorganization plan did not create estate assets covered ...

Improving access to court-related records and services is a key topic in the race for Lake County circuit clerk. Incumbent Democrat Erin Cartwright Weinstein, who is seeking a second four-year term, ...

Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in Goeddel v. Sugano, which might be one of a dying breed should patent reform actually pass. The case dealt with ...