Rochelle's Daily Wire

The Code and the Rules are unclear about a chapter 13 debtor’s obligation to disclose assets acquired post-petition that were not derived from income.

Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark used common sense and logic to answer a question where the statute has no ready answer.

The circuits are split on whether a creditors’ committee may intervene as of right in adversary proceedings under Section 1109(b).

The decision by the Supreme Court next term in Bartenwerfer will tell us whether debts can be automatically nondischargeable, even when the debtor is without fault.

Sometimes, demanding a jury trial in answering a complaint comes too late to withdraw the reference.

The Eleventh Circuit has subjected its trustees to the risk of expensive litigation in a faraway court unfamiliar with what happened in the bankruptcy case.

The transfer of title in a real estate foreclosure is not a transfer on account of an antecedent debt and therefore can’t be a preference, at least in Florida.

Local or state bar groups should work up standard-form retainer agreements and disclosures to facilitate bifurcated fee arrangements.

Chapter 13 debtors lost an exemption in a new home after converting to chapter 7 because they didn’t follow the rules.

With deadlines already elapsed, Judge Grossman disagrees with three judges who allowed redesignation under subchapter V of chapter 11.