This topic-focused educational presentation is focused on the automatic stay. This presentation is part of a larger presentation available on the bankruptcy sub-page of the FJC's Federal–State Cooperation special topics page. 

This file is the full version of a presentation intended to help individuals learn more about common bankruptcy issues.

This report evaluates the use of certified questions of state law between 2010 and 2018 in three U.S. circuit courts of appeal: the Ninth, Sixth, and Third Circuits. The data shows variation in the rate of certification and timing of certification events between the circuits.

This package of materials was transmitted to Congress on April 27, 2020, concerning amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2020.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure are as follows: