Rochelle's Daily Wire

Bankruptcy Judge Gunn found the power to revoke a small business designation and proceed under ‘traditional’ chapter11 in lieu of dismissing or converting to chapter 7.

Fifth Circuit holds that 28 U.S.C. § 158 requires district judges or BAPs to decide bankruptcy appeals.

Reversing, a Long Island district judge credits value to a homeowner’s ability to delay foreclosure, taking a position contrary to a recent decision from a Ninth Circuit B.A.P.

Despite contrary Second Circuit dicta, retiring Judge Robert Drain certified a nationwide class in a suit for violation of the discharge injunction.

The Supreme Court now has two bankruptcy cases on the calendar for argument in the term to begin in October.

Death is a reason for waiving the requirement for completing a financial management course.

BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.

The amendment to Section 547(b) does not require a preference complaint to explain why the defendant doesn’t have affirmative defenses, Judge Walrath says.

Substantial consummation under Section 1193(b) was defined by the bankruptcy court to mean commencement of distributions to some but not all creditor classes.

The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.