January 12, 2024
Unnecessarily holding the lender’s feet to the fire resulted in the allowance of attorneys’ fees to the lender that were twice the debtor’s counsel fees.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
November 01, 2023
Indemnification rights in an executory contract can’t be assigned without assuming and assigning the entire contract.
5th Circuit
October 24, 2023
Former Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones disagreed with a colleague, who had held that a non-voting class is considered as having voted against a plan.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
October 20, 2023
An alter ego may be of the same ilk as a partnership or agency, so there may be no inconsistency between the Fifth Circuit opinion and the Bartenwerfer concurrence.
5th Circuit
October 16, 2023
As a unit of the district courts, bankruptcy courts are required to grant post-judgment interest in adversary proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a).
5th Circuit
October 12, 2023
The insured’s bankruptcy can allow other claimants to recover a preference from one claimant who drew down the policy limit.
5th Circuit
