An automatic stay prevents creditors from taking action to collect on certain debts when you file for bankruptcy. Automatic stays can offer some protection against eviction, foreclosure, repossession ...

On Thursday in Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin, the Supreme Court held that Native American tribes are not immune from the automatic stay of the Bankruptcy Code. The ...

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In a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit case (In re Patel (Case No. 23-12847, 11th Cir. Jul. 8, 2025)), the court considered whether a bankruptcy court had the authority to ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. An automatic stay is what stops creditors from collecting debt after you file for bankruptcy. If the stay is “lifted,” the court ...

In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that a bankruptcy court’s decision to lift the automatic stay of pending litigation imposed by the Bankruptcy Code is a final, appealable order. But what if a ...

Sabre Holdings Corp. is asking a judge to modify the so-called automatic stay in American Airlines' bankruptcy so it can pursue counterclaims against the carrier in an antitrust dispute. Sabre said in ...

(Reuters) - 3M Co told a federal appeals court this week that an Indiana federal bankruptcy judge could have — and should have — followed any one of at least three distinct lines of reasoning to ...