A Lawsuit to Collect a ‘DSO’ Runs the Risk of Violating the Automatic Stay
Although collecting a ‘DSO’ from non-estate property is permitted by Section 362(b)(2)(B), a district judge says that an in personam suit against the debtor can violate the automatic stay.
Renewing a Title Loan Just Before Chapter 13 Didn’t Make the Filing in Bad Faith
Ruling the other way would have barred chapter 13 filings after renewing title loans.
Dismissal Isn’t Mandatory if a New Filing Is Within 180 Days of a Voluntary Dismissal
Courts are split on whether Section 109(g)(2) mandates dismissal whenever an individual or family farmer refiles within 180 days, regardless of whether a lift-stay motion prompted dismissal of the first case.
Seventh Circuit Upholds $9.5 Million in Sanctions for Violating a Plan Injunction
When there was a knowing violation of injunctions in the plan and confirmation order, the Seventh Circuit said that the appeal bordered on frivolous.
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Stay Violator Held Liable for Debtor’s Attorneys’ Fees Incurred to Collect Damages
When a stay violator refused to reimburse debtor’s counsel for fees to stop the stay violation, Judge Rebecca Connelly awarded attorneys’ fees for time spent to collect attorneys’ fees.
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Third Circuit Reverses and Dismisses J&J’s ‘Baby Powder’ Chapter 11 Case
Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro prohibits big companies from filing chapter 11 cases absent ‘financial distress.’
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Bankruptcy Judge Reflects on ‘Leverage-Shifting’ In Denying a Nondebtor Injunction
Bankruptcy Judge William Lafferty declined (for now) to halt suits against nondebtor affiliates for lack of an adequate record to justify a preliminary injunction.
It Wasn’t a Good Idea for 3M Corp. to Call Its Multidistrict Litigation a ‘Failure’
District judge remonstrates a solvent parent company for seeking the protections of bankruptcy without filing chapter 11 itself.