Confirmation Roundtable
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Plan Confirmation
Courts Split over Interest on Unsecured Claims in 100% Chapter 13 Plans
‘Value’ doesn’t mean ‘present value’ in Section 1325(b)(1)(A), Judge Lorch says.
Requiring Conduit Mortgage Payments Is Ok Despite Costing the Debtor $5,300
Bankruptcy judge says a chapter 13 debtor receives ‘several benefits’ from paying 8% in commissions on mortgage payments through the trustee.
Fourth Circuit Is Strict on ‘Person Aggrieved’ and Equitable Mootness
Fourth Circuit disposes of a high-stakes appeal without oral argument in a terse, per curiam opinion incorporating the ‘reasons stated by the district court.’
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Delaware District Judge Upholds Horizontal ‘Gifting’ in a Chapter 11 Plan
Narrow reading of ‘equitable mootness’ in Tribune is limited to cases involving a dispute between two classes.
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Post-Confirmation Liquidating and Litigation Trusts
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What Are the Limits of Sale, Plan and Constitutional Mootness?
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A Plan Can Release Claims for Post-Confirmation Conduct, Third Circuit Says
Third Circuit leaves open the question of whether distributions to shareholders in chapter 11 must follow FINRA rules.
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Eleventh Circuit Endorses the Applicability of ‘Equitable Mootness’ in Chapter 9
Two circuits and a BAP now invoke ‘equitable mootness’ to dismiss appeals from orders confirming chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment plans.
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Third Circuit Explores the Limits of Channeling Injunctions Protecting Insurers
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