October 6, 2020
Foreclosing on cash doesn’t moot an appeal from the order modifying the automatic stay as to cash.
September 18, 2020
Ninth Circuit abjures bright lines in favor of a flexible approach to defining recoupment.
August 14, 2020
Even if flip clauses are ipso facto clauses, the Second Circuit holds that enforcement is permitted by the safe harbor in Section 560.
August 12, 2020
The Seventh and Ninth Circuits may not be on the same page when it comes contempt citations falling under the Section 362(b)(4) exception to the automatic stay.
July 31, 2020
In a SARE case, the BAP says that the bankruptcy court cannot deny a lift-stay motion without finding that confirmation is reasonably possible in a reasonable time.
July 20, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Warren makes sure the sanctions won’t be dischargeable if the offending creditor files his own bankruptcy.
July 17, 2020
Did the Supreme Court’s Acevedo opinion preclude annulling the stay? The Ninth Circuit BAP says ‘no.’
July 9, 2020
The Seventh Circuit opinion raises the question of whether (or when) a court may restrict the use of a provision in a chapter 13 plan that Section 1322(b) permits.
July 2, 2020
The Supreme Court declined to decide whether the automatic stay terminates automatically after a repeat filing as to all property or only property of the debtor.
June 24, 2020
Eventually, the Supreme Court will decide whether bankruptcy is a unique exception to the general rule that arbitration agreements are rigorously enforced.