July 11, 2023
Disputing the Fourth Circuit line by line and raising the possibility of a circuit split, the BAP and six bankruptcy courts have held that there’s no such thing as nondischargeability for corporate Sub V debtors.
July 10, 2023
In a motion to stay the issuance of the mandate, the government has announced that it will be filing a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s Purdue decision allowing bankruptcy courts to issue releases to nondebtors.
Times are a-changin’ when it comes to setoff against exempt assets.
July 7, 2023
Although a court may sell a nondebtor’s interest in jointly owned property, the Ninth Circuit BAP won’t permit selling free and clear of lien on the nondebtor’s interest in the property being sold.
July 6, 2023
‘Conflict preemption’ bars retaliation by a professional whose fees are disputed.
July 5, 2023
When the debtor files bankruptcy before the time has elapsed for a creditor to file a cross appeal, the cross appeal is deemed timely when filed within 30 days after the stay terminated, the Tenth Circuit held.
July 3, 2023
The circuits are now split 3/1, with the majority finding a waiver of sovereign immunity under Section 544(b)(1) for lawsuits by a trustee based on claims that an actual creditor could not have brought outside of bankruptcy.
June 30, 2023
Just because the debtor orchestrated a fraudulent transfer, the Seventh Circuit tells us there’s nothing for a trustee recover if there was no diminution of the estate.
June 29, 2023
Courts are split on whether the debt providing eligibility for Sub V must have arisen from a business that was active on the filing date.
June 28, 2023
The government has filed a petition for certiorari raising the question of whether refunds are the proper remedy following the Supreme Court’s Siegel decision finding that the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees was unconstitutional.