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July 28, 2020

Reclamation creditors no longer have liens or administrative claims if a secured lender sucks up all the value in reclaimed goods.

July 10, 2020

In the Bankruptcy Rules, a claim objection isn’t treated like a motion for all purposes, the Eighth Circuit says.

May 12, 2020

Global warming claims were discharged even though the chapter 11 plan did not discharge claims under environmental laws.

March 27, 2020

Eighth Circuit BAP crafts a preference rule protecting lenders in out-of-court workouts.

March 26, 2020

As long as the rate is legal under state law, considerations of equity will not allow a court to disallow default interest to an oversecured creditor under Section 506(b).

March 11, 2020

Appeals court had sympathy for the debtor by disallowing part but not all of a judgment for receipt of a fraudulent transfer with ‘actual intent.’

February 14, 2020

Eighth Circuit may have rejected blanket disallowance of exemptions for retirement accounts transferred in divorce.

December 04, 2019

Eighth Circuit was compelled to overrule its own precedent that permitted the bankruptcy court to bar a debtor from amending schedules based on bad faith.

September 23, 2019

Continuing the business after buying the assets from the lender at a foreclosure sale doesn’t bring successor liability.

August 13, 2019

Appeals court laudably provides guidance for lower courts by ruling on the merits of a chapter 11 plan and not dismissing an appeal for being equitably moot.