Published in the Spring, 2013
Volume 45, Issue No. 2 (Spring, 2013)
This paper addresses certain key concepts that should prove useful to a broad range of transactional attorneys. These topics include: litigation holds, “No Oral Modification” clauses, reliance disclaimers, and arbitration clauses.
This paper provides a guide to the rules governing an appeal to the district court and the court of appeals. The most important issue with respect to these relatively straightforward rules is that the deadlines in bankruptcy appeals are much shorter than in ordinary federal court appeals. This paper also addresses two additional issues – the relaxed standard for finality, providing a broader range of orders subject to appeals, and the jurisdictional statute.