February 18, 2021
Even though the debtor was no longer in business, a Medicaid fraud suit was not subject to the automatic stay and thus served as a deterrent to others.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
February 10, 2021
The finding of proper notice in a confirmation order satisfies the debtor’s burden of proving notice by publication to creditors with future claims, even in the absence of a trust for future creditors, Houston judge says.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
February 08, 2021
Fifth Circuit says that Oklahoma protected that state’s oil and gas producers while Texas didn’t.
5th Circuit
January 19, 2021
When personal property loans are cross-collateralized, a chapter 13 plan must use the same option for cramming down both loans, the Fifth Circuit says.
5th Circuit
January 07, 2021
Dissolved by forfeit, a corporation cannot reinstate a charter and may resort to bankruptcy only to liquidate, Judge Eduardo Rodriguez says.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
December 22, 2020
A statement about the profitability of a corporation the debtor owns is a statement about the debtor’s own financial condition, the Fifth Circuit says.
5th Circuit
December 17, 2020
Neither the Bankruptcy Code nor state law permits reducing rent when government regulations restrict a debtor’s ability to generate income, Judge Isgur says.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
December 04, 2020
The Fifth Circuit and now the Court of Claims found no constitutional flaw in the 2017 increase in fees paid by chapter 11 debtors to the U.S. Trustee system.
5th Circuit
