Rochelle's Daily Wire

Differing with eight lower courts, the Fifth Circuit sided with the Fourth Circuit by holding that debts of corporate debtors in Subchapter V can be nondischargeable in nonconsensual plans.

Affirming the BAP, the Ninth Circuit explains why a Subchapter V trustee in possession is not a receiver.

A district judge in New York reversed a bankruptcy judge who had permitted a nonconsensual, nondebtor release in a Subchapter V case.

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

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

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

Bankruptcy court disregards SEC regulations defining ‘voting securities’ in deciding whether a Subchapter V debtor has ‘affiliates’ in bankruptcy.

If future liability on unexpired leases and executory contracts is counted, many companies will be ineligible for Subchapter V of chapter 11.

One month apart, two Houston bankruptcy judges held that a non-voting class is not deemed to have voted against a plan.

A chapter 7 trustee’s obligation to sell can mean that chapter 7 prices don’t fit the ordinary definition of fair market value.