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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Section 363(m) Is a Jurisdictional Bar to Appeal

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

Corporate Debtors in Subchapter V Can’t Discharge Nondischargeable Debts, Circuit Says

Both individuals and corporations in subchapter V of chapter 11 are barred from discharging debts that are nondischargeable under Section 523(a).
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Importance of the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Bartenwerfer Decision Seen in Florida Case

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.

Cert Granted to Decide: Is a Principal’s Liability for an Agent’s Fraud Nondischargeable?

The circuits are split on whether an innocent debtor’s liability is automatically nondischargeable when an agent or partner committed fraud.

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