Rochelle's Daily Wire

In the first opinion on the issue after Purdue, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez holds that Purdue did not change Fifth Circuit law where ‘hundreds’ of ‘opt-out’ plans have been confirmed with nondebtor releases.

Payments from insurance must be properly structured to avoid preference liability.

The Code doesn’t contain any rules specifying when a Subchapter V plan should have a five-year duration rather than three years.

Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez of Houston opined on the limited powers of a Subchapter V trustee.

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Bradley disagreed with a district court in Florida that required a ‘true up’ if actual disposable income in Sub V exceeds projected disposable income.

The district court properly reversed and dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Barton.

Refusing to withdraw a meritless claim with prejudice contributed to the decision by Judge Jernigan to impose high-six-figure sanctions.

Despite consent by the firm to withdraw the reference of motions to disgorge its fees, a bankruptcy judge in Houston recommended against withdrawal to district court and against transfer to another district.

Unnecessarily holding the lender’s feet to the fire resulted in the allowance of attorneys’ fees to the lender that were twice the debtor’s counsel fees.

Whether a creditor violated the automatic stay is not arbitrable in bankruptcy.