New York’s Judge John Mastando saw no reason a Subchapter V plan couldn’t enjoin lawsuits against nondebtors for the life of a five-year plan.

Judge Mastando in New York decided that a chapter 7 trustee has authority to put the debtor’s subsidiary voluntarily into bankruptcy.

A decision from a New York bankruptcy court makes nondebtor releases easier to obtain in Subchapter V than in large, mass tort chapter 11 cases.

Contracts with corporations aren’t likely to be personal services contracts.

A preliminary injunction in state court didn’t invoke comity or Rooker-Feldman to bar the bankruptcy court from rejecting an executory contract.