July 30, 2025
Changing the rule under the former Bankruptcy Act, the Code and Federal Rule 24 now allow bankruptcy courts to impose deadlines for creditors to join involuntary petitions.
1st Circuit
May 01, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Michael Fagone permits dismissal of a chapter 13 case, but with a bar to refiling within two years.
1st Circuit, Maine
April 18, 2025
Losses before filing or during prior aborted reorganizations do not control dismissal of a new reorganization for ‘continuing loss or diminution,’ First Circuit BAP says.
1st Circuit
December 17, 2024
The First Circuit applied the ‘collateral order doctrine’ to allow an appeal by the government when a private party would be stuck with a nonappealable, interlocutory order.
1st Circuit
October 24, 2024
When chapter 13 cases are converted to chapter 7 before confirmation, bankruptcy courts are split on whether the broad language in Harris v. Viegelahn bars chapter 13 trustees from paying administrative expenses incurred before conversion.
1st Circuit, Puerto Rico
September 10, 2024
A chapter 11 plan may not impair the rights of a mortgage lender against a co-owner who is not in bankruptcy.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
August 23, 2024
Revesting allowed chapter 13 debtors to retain property that was innocently undisclosed.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
August 08, 2024
Motions for fees must be made within 14 days of the entry of judgment.
1st Circuit
June 25, 2024
The circuits are split on whether a creditor has an ‘unfettered’ right to join as an involuntary petitioner.
1st Circuit
May 16, 2024
Medicaid overpayments may be recovered as ‘recoupment’ while Social Security overpayments are attempted setoffs barred by discharge, Bankruptcy Judge Harwood says.
1st Circuit, New Hampshire
