Rochelle's Daily Wire

Seventh Circuit again holds that Section 505(a) doesn’t confer jurisdiction for bankruptcy courts to decide how much debtors owe in taxes.

A notice of appeal precludes the court from modifying an order on appeal but does not impair enforcement of the order absent a stay pending appeal.

Judge Randal Mashburn described what a state court must do in appointing a receiver that would prevent an LLC’s manager from filing a bankruptcy petition.

A lender was filing baseless dischargeability complaints believing that the impecunious debtors would default or settle.

The Bankruptcy Code dropped ‘person aggrieved’ as the standard for appellate standing. Did it survive nonetheless?

Medicaid overpayments may be recovered as ‘recoupment’ while Social Security overpayments are attempted setoffs barred by discharge, Bankruptcy Judge Harwood says.

Whether orders in contested matters are ever appealable is in doubt after a Fourth Circuit decision that declined to follow contrary opinions by bankruptcy appellate panels.

Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson nailed the government with $38,000 in sanctions for a ‘willful’ violation of a discovery order shown by ‘clear and convincing evidence.’

The same question has been sub judice in the Second Circuit for 15 months. Is the Second Circuit on the cusp of making a circuit split?

The Ninth Circuit BAP holds that nondischargeability of student loans in Section 523(a)(8) isn’t ‘self-executing.’