March 5, 2020
Sovereign immunity won’t prevent the bankruptcy court from extinguishing a state’s easement over a debtor’s property.
March 4, 2020
Because the SBRA’s foundation is chapter 11, the new statute may be applied constitutionally to rights or property interests arising before enactment.
March 3, 2020
Courts are split on whether a personal guaranty survives bankruptcy.
March 3, 2020
District court reverses and bars Sears from assigning Mall of America lease.
March 2, 2020
The Ninth Circuit BAP closed a loophole that would have allowed a recipient of public assistance benefits to discharge a debt for overpayment.
February 28, 2020
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Trustees in chapter 12 fare better than chapter 13 trustees if a case is dismissed before confirmation.
February 27, 2020
Taggart allows a court to deny a contempt motion without deciding whether the creditor’s action actually violated the discharge injunction.
February 26, 2020
Despite the high court’s ban on nunc pro tunc orders, may bankruptcy courts make their orders retroactive?
February 25, 2020
Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson of Santa Ana, Calif., issued the first reported decision on the new small business reorganization law that became effective on February 19.
February 25, 2020
High court rules that federal courts may make federal common law only to protect ‘uniquely’ federal interests.