May 23, 2023
The $7.5 million debt cap for Subchapter V doesn’t include the debt of affiliates who file later.
March 27, 2023
Although collecting a ‘DSO’ from non-estate property is permitted by Section 362(b)(2)(B), a district judge says that an in personam suit against the debtor can violate the automatic stay.
March 24, 2023
One of the biggest unanswered questions in chapter 13 sometimes forces debtors to keep homes they need to sell or strips away appreciation if they are forced to sell.
February 16, 2023
An act of Congress that waived sovereign immunity for Marines at Camp Lejeune meant that personal injury tort claims did not arise when the injury was sustained.
January 12, 2023
Adroitly drafting a chapter 11 plan may avoid having a liquidating trust pay quarterly fees to the U.S. Trustee.
January 9, 2023
All three courts to confront the question have now ordered the government to refund overpayments of U.S. Trustee fees.
October 12, 2022
Counsel run the risk of being paid lower local rates in ‘mega’ cases filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
April 7, 2022
Being branded as a creditor is like a tattoo; it won’t ever come off.
January 19, 2022
A district judge in Virginia holds that third-party, non-debtor releases must be approved by district judge under Stern and must comply with the strictures of Federal Rule 23.
May 13, 2020
Section 365(d)(3) doesn’t contain a remedy for failure to pay rent on time, Judge Huennekens says.