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October 29, 2020

Proceeds from fraudulently transferred property can be recovered from subsequent transferees, Judge Rodriguez says, differing with the Tenth Circuit’s Generation Resources opinion.

October 28, 2020

The equitable power under Section 105(a) permits extending the discharge objection deadline when the court makes a mistake.

October 27, 2020

A cramdown plan can reduce the collateral coverage for secured creditors.

October 15, 2020

Following the answer by the Texas Supreme Court to a certified question, the Fifth Circuit again rules that an inability to discover fraud won’t absolve a transferee from the duty to investigate suspicions of fraud.

October 14, 2020

Judge Grabill finds nothing in Section 1329(d) to preclude extending the duration of a plan if payments were already in default when the CARES Act was enacted on March 27.

September 29, 2020

Insurance companies must nail down the treatment of performance bonds before plan confirmation.

September 03, 2020

Language in the documents prevented trusts from dissolving automatically when the trustee missed a deadline for extending the duration of the trusts, Judge Isgur said.

August 31, 2020

Below median debtors are no longer required to turn over tax refunds in excess of $2,000.

August 17, 2020

Does Rule 9006(a) expand the 30-day window for perfection, and can perfection be “substantially contemporaneous” even if perfection occurs after 30 days?

August 10, 2020

Fifth Circuit declines to create a circuit split on the ability of a coal producer to sell assets and protect the buyer from liability for retiree health benefits under the Coal Act.