Rochelle's Daily Wire

When there is a recorded option to purchase real estate, Prof. Westbrook would have analyzed the specific performance rights of the holder of the option under state law, not the question of whether the option was executory.

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

Rooker-Feldman is applied narrowly these days and isn’t a substitute for collateral estoppel.

The Second Circuit is remanding to district court for a ruling on the relief available to the landlord, given that the sale closed years ago.

Although the Supreme Court will soon rule on the permissibility of nonconsensual releases, Bankruptcy Judge Sigler approved a plan with nondebtor releases under existing Eleventh Circuit precedent.

The Madoff case makes more law: A claim against a bankrupt estate can’t be set off against liability for receipt of a fraudulent transfer because one arose before bankruptcy and the other arose after.

We focus on ethics two days in a row, given the recent disturbing events in Houston.

Lawyers aren’t guarantors for a client’s misconduct, but they may be sanctioned for a coverup.

A properly written divorce decree can create a separate property interest that won’t be part of the bankruptcy estate of a bankrupt spouse.

Congress decided to deviate from standard priorities by providing in Section 724 that unsecured domestic support obligations come ahead of tax liens.