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May 12, 2023

Even if an appeal is equitably moot, the appellate court nonetheless has appellate jurisdiction. Equitable mootness is prudential, not jurisdictional.

April 21, 2023

Supposedly nefarious facts aren’t evidence of bad faith if they were disclosed to the bankruptcy judge who nevertheless made a finding of good faith.

April 13, 2023

Contributions to 401(k) plans are deducted from ‘projected disposable income,’ even though the debtor was not making contributions before filing

April 7, 2023

In the Alex Jones corporate Subchapter V case, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said that the later chapter 11 filing by Jones himself, with about $1.5 billion in debt, didn’t kick the corporate debtor out of Subchapter V and into ‘ordinary’ chapter 11.

March 31, 2023

A large sanction was civil, not criminal, because it was designed for deterrence.

March 29, 2023

The district court characterized the agreement not as creating a trust but as a device designed to win priority over a prior, perfected security interest.

March 15, 2023

Bankruptcy Judges Gargotta and Davis both held that the amended Texas exemption statute exempts life insurance policies and their cash surrender values.

March 13, 2023

A small business debtor must consent for a case to be converted to Subchapter V, Judge Robert Jones says.

March 6, 2023

The ‘possibility of harm’ won’t confer bankruptcy appellate standing, the Fifth Circuit says.

March 2, 2023

Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan interprets the Fifth Circuit’s Highland Capital opinion to mean that gatekeeping protections are not limited to parties entitled to exculpation in the Fifth Circuit.