Plan Confirmation

Fifth Circuit Sticks by ‘Specificity’ Test for Third-Party Releases

Generic language won’t release third parties in the Fifth Circuit.
Court: 

Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan

Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.

Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective

Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.