Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner held that a wholly unsecured, subordinate lien may be stripped off in chapter 13 even if the lien arose before the debtor owned the property.

Local rules and local standard plans cannot force a chapter 13 debtor to disregard one of the options in Section 1327 and require revesting of estate assets on discharge.

The majority in the Fourth Circuit based a bright-line rule on the presence of the word ‘the’ in Section 327(a).

Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black denied a motion to compel arbitration but didn’t decide whether he would certify a class.

Expedience is no substitute for disinterestedness when it comes to retention of a chapter 11 debtor’s general counsel.

The federal appeals court brushed aside technicalities under state criminal law in deciding that an order for restitution was not discharged under Section 1328(a)(3).

Judge Huennekens explained that a church’s immunity for receipt of a constructively fraudulent transfer only applies if the transferor was an individual and the transferor was the debtor.

Bankruptcy Judge Brian Kenney ruled that an indenture trustee must be on a committee when the debt is ‘overwhelmingly’ held by bondholders.

Is pre-filing a mortgage modification agreement a contract to make a loan that cannot be assumed under Section 365(c)(2)?

Whether orders in contested matters are ever appealable is in doubt after a Fourth Circuit decision that declined to follow contrary opinions by bankruptcy appellate panels.