Rochelle's Daily Wire

In a nonprecedential opinion, the Fifth Circuit suggests that a mortgage that could be reformed in state court cannot be reformed in bankruptcy.

Due process considerations mean it’s not harmless error if a debtor was denied standing improperly.

Being branded as a creditor is like a tattoo; it won’t ever come off.

A question may be headed to the Sixth Circuit, where debtors hope to create a circuit split.

A lien securing a claim based on the purchase or sale of securities is subordinated, just like the claim, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.

A hybrid contract covering both goods and services is accorded priority status under Section 503(b)(9) only for the value of the goods, even if the contract primarily involved the sale of goods.

Section 157(b)(5) does not bar the bankruptcy court from trying defamation and IIED claims, Judge Thuma says, siding with Judge Bernstein.

Fifth Circuit opinion shows that disallowance of a class proof of claim may preclude individual class members from filing late claims.

A claim of the IRS can provide a 10-year lookback for avoidance actions, but the claim must have been filed.

At the risk of committing error, a district judge in New York reads a third-party release to cover only derivative claims, not direct claims that a creditor may have against a nondebtor.