August 17, 2021
Courts are split on whether chapter 13 effectively prohibits debtors from making voluntary contributions to 401(k) plans.
August 16, 2021
Here’s an example of how state law prevents bankruptcy law from being uniform throughout the U.S.
August 13, 2021
Judge Grossman didn’t abolish ‘chapter 20’ entirely. He required the debtor to treat the subordinate mortgage lender like all other unsecured creditors, even though the debtor’s personal liability to the lender had been discharged in the prior chapter 7 case.
August 12, 2021
A creditor can’t assert a cure claim, even though Section 365(b) doesn’t give the counterparty the sole right to demand a cure on assumption of an executory contract.
August 11, 2021
After Taggart v. Lorenzen, plans, orders and injunctions must be highly specific to hold an offending creditor in contempt.
August 10, 2021
Circuit Judge Loken predicts the Supreme Court will abolish equitable mootness if the lower courts don’t cut back and start reviewing the merits of confirmed chapter 11 plans.
August 9, 2021
‘Cert’ petitions presenting two bankruptcy issues worthy of review by the Supreme Court will be considered by the justices at the ‘long conference’ on September 27.
August 6, 2021
Fifth Circuit rejects technical arguments aimed at skirting Section 363(m) and statutory mootness of a sale order.
August 5, 2021
Even for egregious, repeated violations of Bankruptcy Rule 3002.1, the bankruptcy court may only award recovery of economic losses, never punitive damages.
August 4, 2021
The Ninth Circuit BAP joins the minority on an issue that’s headed for the court of appeals.