If a chapter 13 plan isn’t confirmed, the debtor’s counsel is paid.

Equity in property at the time of a hearing, not at filing, decides whether the court should compel abandonment, Sixth Circuit says.

Judge Shefferly writes a complicated opinion on the retroactivity of the HAVEN Act to cases filed prior to enactment.

Courts are split on whether a personal guaranty survives bankruptcy.

Courts are split on whether large medical bills are consumer debts that invoke the means test and can bar relief in chapter 7.

Michigan judges disagree about the court’s ability to consider Social Security benefits in deciding whether a chapter plan was proposed in good faith.

Careful drafting and copious documentation are required for a bifurcated fee arrangement to pass muster in chapter 7.

Sixth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims for reverse veil piercing and reverse alter ego.

Over a dissent, the Sixth Circuit holds that FERC may offer its opinion but may not bar a bankruptcy court from rejecting a power purchase agreement after considering the public interest.

An ambiguous demand letter violated the discharge injunction, but the lender was not held in contempt in light of Taggart.