Rochelle's Daily Wire

‘National’ rates higher than ‘local’ rates can be locked in by retention orders under Section 328(a).

The fee application by an attorney for a chapter 7 trustee in a small case must state facts to show why the services must have been performed by an attorney, not by the trustee.

Being an heir by itself doesn’t bring a decedent’s estate into the heir’s bankruptcy estate.

No reverse condemnation occurred when the state took over a debtor’s property to prevent an imminent threat to public health.

The Third Circuit gave royalty owners a constructive trust over royalties improperly paid to secured creditors. The circuit court did not rule on remedy.

A D&O policy covering securities claims doesn’t provide coverage for a claim resulting from a fraudulent transfer, the Delaware Supreme Court rules.

The ‘new value’ offered by old equity in a chapter 11 plan was insufficient because it was only a small fraction of claims and because the dividend to creditors was also small.

Official Form 122C-2 could be read to deprive a chapter 13 debtor of the IRS standard housing deduction when the statute permits the deduction.

Whether a creditor violated the automatic stay is not arbitrable in bankruptcy.

Invoking Supreme Court authority, the Tenth Circuit says that inferences from the evidence are reviewed for clear error just like findings of fact themselves.