Rochelle's Daily Wire

The Fourth Circuit says that bankruptcy courts have broader jurisdiction than other federal courts and that some of their decisions are unreviewable by Article III courts.

The BAPCPA amendments in 2005 did not abrogate the absolute priority rule for individuals in chapter 11, Bankruptcy Judge Russin says.

Ninth Circuit doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.

Chapter 7 can be inaccessible for a married debtor living in the same household with a nonfiling spouse who has substantial income.

When, post-confirmation, a chapter 13 debtor sells his or her home, who gets the benefit of the appreciation: the debtor, or his or her creditors? Judge Randon in Michigan adopted the so-called “estate replenishment approach” and held that sale proceeds derived from post-confirmation appreciation of a home belong to the debtor.

The Ninth Circuit BAP affirms that a deferred settlement agreement can’t be assumed under Section 365.

In addressing Michigan county’s car-seizure and forfeiture practices, Sixth Circuit sets a clear benchmark for debtors.

Court’s inherent authority to sanction allows coercive contempt sanctions where rules and statutes are not up to the task.

What will become of the chapter 13 system if standing trustees must refund all fees collected in cases dismissed before confirmation? The answer is perhaps unexpected: Unsecured creditors in confirmed chapter 13 cases will pay the administrative expenses of cases that fail.

Contesting the election of a chapter 7 trustee isn’t like defending a fee application, which Baker Botts held to be noncompensable.