by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 27, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court issued four significant decisions this morning: Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (No. 23-124), holding (5-4, with an interesting “horseshoe” alignment) that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize nonconsensual releases of claims...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 26, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! With fourteen cases left to decide as of yesterday (give or take, depending on which, if any, are consolidated), we were expecting quite a few opinion announcements this morning. Instead, we got just two: Murthy v. Missouri (No. 23-411), holding...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 24, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! While we await the Court’s issuance of more decisions on Wednesday, we have four recaps of cases decided in the last week or so: Moore v. United States (No. 22-800), in which a 7-2 Court held that a one-time repatriation tax was not an...
by Mallory Schowe | Jun 24, 2024
In what undoubtedly is welcome news to trustees of Connecticut irrevocable trusts, effective January 1, 2025, Connecticut will join the growing list of states that specifically authorize “decanting” the assets of an otherwise irrevocable trust into a new trust with...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jun 21, 2024
Greetings, Court Fans! This morning, the Court announced five decisions, all of which are heavily divided, at least as to the analysis: United States v. Rahimi (No. 22-915), an 8-1 decision written by the Chief Justice, holding that the Second Amendment allows the...
