Rochelle's Daily Wire

A debtor has one bite at the apple to enforce discharge. Take your pick: state or federal court, but not both.

Baltimore district judge applies the Fourth Circuit’s ‘substantial and unanticipated’ test to modifications of chapter 11 plans.

Acquiescence in an appeal to a BAP waives any right to de novo review by an Article III judge.

The split deepens on whether the jurisdiction of bankruptcy courts is limited by Article ‘case or controversy’ requirements.

Rooker-Feldman is applied narrowly these days and isn’t a substitute for collateral estoppel.

The Second Circuit is remanding to district court for a ruling on the relief available to the landlord, given that the sale closed years ago.

A Delaware opinion states that debtors can’t reincorporate to manufacture venue, but it’s permissible for lenders to do so.

An exculpation clause in a chapter 11 plan protected the owner’s counsel from a malpractice suit.

A district judge, who had been a bankruptcy and BAP judge, narrowly interpreted 28 U.S.C. § 1412 as being inapplicable to pending suits only “related to” the bankruptcy.

Supreme Court to decide whether a creditor has standing to object to any provision in a chapter 11 plan, even provisions that don’t affect the creditor.