Plan Confirmation

Judge Faris Explains Why a Hypothetical Chapter 7 Sale Isn’t Necessarily ‘FMV’

A chapter 7 trustee’s obligation to sell can mean that chapter 7 prices don’t fit the ordinary definition of fair market value.

Filing Bankruptcy After Renewing a Title Loan Again Found Not to Be Bad Faith

Title lenders continue losing battles to take cars away from debtors, but the lenders have yet to plead and prove their best cases.

Issue Preclusion Saddles Alex Jones with $1.2 Billion in Nondischargeable Debt

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez of Houston will hold trials that could result in more nondischargeable debt for Alex Jones.

In Sub V, a Class with No Votes Isn’t Considered in Confirming a Chapter 11 Plan

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.

Supreme Court to Hear a Third Bankruptcy Case this Term: Standing Under § 1109(b)

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.

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