October 30, 2023
A chapter 7 trustee’s obligation to sell can mean that chapter 7 prices don’t fit the ordinary definition of fair market value.
9th Circuit , Hawaii ,
October 26, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez of Houston will hold trials that could result in more nondischargeable debt for Alex Jones.
October 25, 2023
An exculpation clause in a chapter 11 plan protected the owner’s counsel from a malpractice suit.
October 24, 2023
Former Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones disagreed with a colleague, who had held that a non-voting class is considered as having voted against a plan.
October 23, 2023
A district judge, who had been a bankruptcy and BAP judge, narrowly interpreted 28 U.S.C. § 1412 as being inapplicable to pending suits only “related to” the bankruptcy.
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
October 17, 2023
Supreme Court to decide whether a creditor has standing to object to any provision in a chapter 11 plan, even provisions that don’t affect the creditor.
October 10, 2023
A secured lender need not obtain a deficiency judgment to retain a claim against an insurer for a shortfall in a bankruptcy sale, Bankruptcy Judge Grossman says.
October 5, 2023
Judge Jacobvitz of New Mexico follows Judge Harner of Maryland in developing a standard for deciding whether a Subchapter V debtor may extend the time for filing a plan.
October 2, 2023
Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt seems to be recommending that the Third Circuit close a loophole in confidentiality agreements.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
September 28, 2023
The ‘police and regulatory’ exception to the automatic stay applies when the FTC is only seeking injunctive and equitable relief, the D.C. Circuit says.