Judge Confirms Stein Mart Bankruptcy Plan
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Deeply Subordinated Creditor Barred from Voting or Objecting to Plan Confirmation
Subordination agreement did not transfer voting rights, but prudential standing nevertheless barred the subordinated creditor from participating in confirmation, Judge Somers says.
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Federal Watchdog Wants to Put Brakes on High-Speed Bankruptcies
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Personal Injury Settlement Not Included in Calculating Projected Disposable Income
Judge McNamara of Denver allowed chapter 13 debtors to keep all of a $46,500 personal injury settlement received before filing.
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Cicis Pizza Announces That It Has Emerged from Chapter 11
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Split Grows on Whether a Subchapter V Debtor Must Be ‘Currently’ Engaged in Business
The owner of defunct businesses was held ineligible to be a small business debtor because he was no longer the owner of an operating business. Being a non-owner executive of an operating business didn’t qualify him.
Courts Are Split on Whether Counsel Fees Are Considered in the Chapter 13 Best Interests Test
Deferred payments to unsecured creditors in a chapter 13 plan must equal the present value of the distributions required by the best interests test, Judge Halfenger says.
Hertz Global Files Reorganization Plan
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Benchnotes April 2021
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