Rochelle's Daily Wire

Payments from insurance must be properly structured to avoid preference liability.

The circuits are split on whether a creditor has an ‘unfettered’ right to join as an involuntary petitioner.

Judge Huennekens explained that a church’s immunity for receipt of a constructively fraudulent transfer only applies if the transferor was an individual and the transferor was the debtor.

Circuits are split on whether claims for contempt of the discharge injunction must be brought in the bankruptcy court that issued the discharge.

Bankruptcy Judge Hercher agreed with the results in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits but disagreed with some of the appeals courts’ logic.

To align with congressional intent underpinning Section 365(d)(3), Judge Gravelle gave the landlord an administrative claim for base rent due after filing and before automatic rejection.

Saying that the constitutional infirmity was “small” and “short-lived,” the majority decided that prospective relief was enough because Congress subsequently enacted a law mandating uniformity in the future with regard to fees for U.S. Trustees and Bankruptcy Administrators

One senator is blocking an extension of the $7.5 million debt cap for Subchapter V and the $2.75 cap for chapter 13.