April 11, 2016
Plan can’t cause default on a home mortgage to pay a debtor’s lawyer first.
April 8, 2016
9th Cir. BAP precludes using ‘equitable discretion’ to lower lender’s interest rate.
April 7, 2016
Posner chides bankruptcy judge for reluctance to enter money judgment.
April 6, 2016
Supreme Court authority is read narrowly to preserve traditional equity powers.
April 5, 2016
Insured vs. insured exclusion bars suit by creditors, but not by chapter 11 trustee.
Judge ducks ability to reconvert previously converted case to chapter 13.
April 4, 2016
Fleeting passage of money through the U.S. can bestow jurisdiction on U.S. courts.
Default interest rate given to unsecured creditors in full-payment chapter 11 plan.
April 1, 2016
Eleventh Circuit keeps taxpayer on the hook for late-filed tax returns.
March 31, 2016
Judge bends over backward so debtor can keep an $80,000 windfall.