Rochelle's Daily Wire

Lower courts are split on whether an exempt asset is included in the calculation of “projected disposable income” in chapter 13.

Judge Jacobvitz allows the debtor to proceed under the SBRA more than a year after the initial chapter 11 filing

Global warming claims were discharged even though the chapter 11 plan did not discharge claims under environmental laws.

Circuit says that some factors are more important than others when applying equitable mootness to appeals from liquidating plans.

Two recent decisions by the 9th Circuit BAP seem in conflict on a chapter 13 debtor’s ability to retain appreciation in the value of assets.

A New York court allows a chapter 11 case pending for 15 months to redesignate for treatment under the Small Business Reorganization Act.

Permanently reducing the claim by the appraised value without a backstop means the creditor isn’t receiving the ‘indubitable equivalent,’ BAP says.

The creditor was guilty of an automatic stay violation, but Taggart insulated the creditor from liability for a discharge violation for continuation of the same conduct.

Dissenter in the Ninth Circuit says that utilizing provisions in the Bankruptcy Code is not bad faith barring confirmation.

Judge Shefferly writes a complicated opinion on the retroactivity of the HAVEN Act to cases filed prior to enactment.