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February 13, 2024

Nondischargeability for Sub V corporate debtors is sub judice in the Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 2024

A fully secured lender’s lawyer doesn’t have a ‘blank check’ to overwork a case, Bankruptcy Judge Kimberley Tyson says.

February 8, 2024

Like Bankruptcy Judge Lopez in Houston, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt decided that Delaware law governing LLCs can’t eliminate rights that are fundamental in federal bankruptcy law.

February 7, 2024

An opinion by Denver’s Judge McNamara describes the four interpretations of Section 1189(b) and follows the meaning given to Section 1221.

February 5, 2024

Knowledge of a chapter 11 case is enough to bind a creditor to the terms of a plan, even if the creditor hasn’t filed a claim, the Fifth Circuit says.

February 1, 2024

A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.

January 29, 2024

The court can’t require a debtor to give a ‘retainer’ to a Subchapter V trustee, Judge Pearson says.

January 24, 2024

Although examiners must be appointed on motion, the Third Circuit says that the bankruptcy court retains ‘broad discretion’ to fix the scope and cost of the investigation.

January 17, 2024

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.

January 16, 2024

Several justices seemed to believe that ‘prospective relief’ is sufficient to remedy the due process violation because the alternatives are ineffective.