May 06, 2025
Fourth Circuit says there’s nothing in the Bankruptcy Code requiring ‘anti-fraud’ provisions in a mass tort chapter 11 plan. The appeals court also holds that an ‘asbestos’ plan isn’t filed in bad faith when the plan gives an insurer no more rights than the insurer has under its policy.
4th Circuit
March 26, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black was affirmed in district court for holding that arbitration of claims for violating the automatic stay would conflict with the centrality of administration in bankruptcy cases.
4th Circuit, Virginia, Virginia Western District
January 23, 2025
Long Island’s Judge Grossman warns lawyers that they may be paid nothing if they file chapter 11 cases just to delay a secured creditor, with no legitimate strategy for selling the property, refinancing or confirming a plan.
4th Circuit
November 14, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner decided that a mortgage servicer must allow a chapter 13 debtor’s continued use of an online payment platform.
4th Circuit, Maryland
October 21, 2024
Bankruptcy courts are divided on whether the calculation of a trustee’s commissions includes distributions made to co-owners of property that the trustee has sold.
4th Circuit, Maryland
