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The Houston Astros in October: Bankruptcy Edition

The Houston Astros in October: Bankruptcy Edition

Supreme Court Adopts Objective Standard for Bankruptcy Discharge Violations

What better way to wake Plan Proponent from a seven (!) month slumber than a minor Supreme Court opinion? Monday’s Taggart v. Lorenzen decision is not a confirmation opinion, but we’ve always tried to cover the Court’s bankruptcy decisions.

Supreme Court Adopts Objective Standard for Bankruptcy Discharge Violations

Bankruptcy Attorney Rule 9011 Sanctions – Halloween Edition

Bankruptcy Attorney Rule 9011 Sanctions – Halloween Edition

Supreme Court Nominee Judge Kavanaugh is a Wellness Guy (Sort of)

Eleventh Circuit Addresses Impact of Dismissal on a Confirmed Individual Chapter 11 Plan

We’ve had a slow start in 2018 and figured that we’d get back to basics with First National Bank of Oneida v. Brandt, an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Chapter 11 confirmation decision from last month. Ultimately, the Court remanded to the district court on one issue: what’s the impact on a confirmed individual Chapter 11 plan of a § 349 dismissal of the bankruptcy case without a discharge? Even more simply, does a dismissal of the bankruptcy case vacate a prior confirmed plan in an individual case?

Supreme Court Hears Argument in Appling Case on § 523(a)(2) Dischargeability Issues

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, a case from the 11th Circuit regarding the bankruptcy dischargeability exceptions in 11 U.S.C.  § 523(a)(2). Locally, Appling is important because it originated across the street–literally–in Chief Bankruptcy Judge James P. Smith’s courtroom here in the Middle District of Georgia.

Supreme Court Answers Standard of Review Question for Insider Status