Rochelle's Daily Wire

Even under an unfavorable choice of law, a debtor in Connecticut was allowed to enjoy the state’s new $250,000 homestead exemption, even though her debts had accrued before the increase went into effect.

Courts are split on whether the debt providing eligibility for Sub V must have arisen from a business that was active on the filing date.

Providing an adult child with room and board in the family home is not a fraudulent transfer.

The concurring opinion, which is really a dissent, urges the Supreme Court to grant certiorari and resolve the split of circuits on nondebtor releases.

A two-story commercial condominium wasn’t ‘single asset real estate,’ Judge Mastando holds.

Courts are divided on whether electricity supplied within 20 days of bankruptcy gives rise to an administrative priority claim.

A federal district judge in New York holds that the safe harbor in Section 546(g) doesn’t preempt state fraudulent transfer laws.

Damages for a constructively fraudulent transfer were the difference between what the buyer paid and what the business was really worth, based on accurate income and expenses.

Someone who is not a party to the contract being assumed can’t assert a cure claim, even though Section 365(b) doesn’t give the counterparty the sole right to demand a cure on assumption of an executory contract.

A terse Second Circuit order seems to mean that a stay of a confirmation order pending appeal granted in district court can’t be appealed to the circuit, at least when the appeal is being expedited.