October 27, 2020
A cramdown plan can reduce the collateral coverage for secured creditors.
October 15, 2020
Following the answer by the Texas Supreme Court to a certified question, the Fifth Circuit again rules that an inability to discover fraud won’t absolve a transferee from the duty to investigate suspicions of fraud.
October 14, 2020
Judge Grabill finds nothing in Section 1329(d) to preclude extending the duration of a plan if payments were already in default when the CARES Act was enacted on March 27.
September 29, 2020
Insurance companies must nail down the treatment of performance bonds before plan confirmation.
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September 3, 2020
Language in the documents prevented trusts from dissolving automatically when the trustee missed a deadline for extending the duration of the trusts, Judge Isgur said.
August 31, 2020
Below median debtors are no longer required to turn over tax refunds in excess of $2,000.
August 17, 2020
Does Rule 9006(a) expand the 30-day window for perfection, and can perfection be “substantially contemporaneous” even if perfection occurs after 30 days?
August 10, 2020
Fifth Circuit declines to create a circuit split on the ability of a coal producer to sell assets and protect the buyer from liability for retiree health benefits under the Coal Act.
July 24, 2020
More than 600 cases have already been filed under the SBRA since subchapter V of chapter 11 became effective in February.
June 29, 2020
Government often wins by arguing that the Small Business Act prohibits injunctions forcing the SBA to consider granting ‘PPP’ loans without regard to whether the applicant is a chapter 11 debtor.