August 31, 2020
Below median debtors are no longer required to turn over tax refunds in excess of $2,000.
5th Circuit
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?
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
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.
5th Circuit
June 29, 2020
Government often wins by arguing that the Small Business Act prohibits injunctions forcing the SBA to consider granting ‘PPP’ loans without regard to whether the applicant is a chapter 11 debtor.
5th Circuit
June 24, 2020
In a rapid-fire appeal, the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Small Business Act bars bankruptcy courts from enjoining the SBA.
5th Circuit
June 12, 2020
Court cannot impose a nonstatutory provision on a chapter 13 ‘full payment’ plan that restricts the debtor’s right to modify a confirmed plan.
5th Circuit
May 01, 2020
Judge David Jones found no basis in the Cares Act for precluding chapter 11 debtors from receiving PPP “loans” that the company isn’t required to repay.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
