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Eighth Circuit Definitively Holds: Avoidance Actions Are Estate Property and Can Be Sold

Now a circuit judge, a former bankruptcy judge makes quick work of a troublesome issue about property of the estate.
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Fifth Circuit Approves Breakup Fees as ‘Admin’ Expenses or Costs of Sale

The Fifth Circuit avoided deciding whether approval of breakup fees is judged by the more lenient Section 363(b) or the more exacting standard for administrative expenses under Section 503(b).
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Circuits Are Now Split on Who Gets Appreciation in a Home When a ‘13’ Converts to ‘7’

Splitting with the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit holds that chapter 13 debtors lose post-petition appreciation in a home if the case converts to chapter 7.
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