December 07, 2021
Judge Jacobvitz told counsel for chapter 13 debtors how to write their engagement agreements to ensure being paid from funds held by the trustee if the case converts to chapter 7 before confirmation.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
November 01, 2021
Judge Somers wrote two opinions on debtors’ eligibility to reorganize in chapter 12.
10th Circuit, Kansas
October 29, 2021
Standing has three components: statutory standing, constitutional standing and prudential standing, Judge Thuma explains.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
October 08, 2021
The circuits are now split 2/2 on whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because the increase didn’t apply immediately in bankruptcy administrator districts.
10th Circuit
September 20, 2021
The Tenth Circuit will likely take sides on a split between the Ninth and Seventh Circuits on Section 544(b) state-law claims brought by a trustee in the shoes of an actual creditor.
10th Circuit, Utah
July 29, 2021
Tenth Circuit splits with the Third and Seventh Circuits on allowing a debtor to cure defaults after a five-year plan has ended.
10th Circuit
July 28, 2021
Taking sides with the minority on a split, bankruptcy judges in Kansas allow chapter 13 debtors to retain windfalls acquired after filing.
10th Circuit, Kansas
June 22, 2021
Rooker-Feldman and other principles can bar rejection of a contract even if it’s ‘executory.’
10th Circuit, Utah
May 18, 2021
A minority of courts hold that a suit in bankruptcy court can violate the automatic stay if based on a claim that could have been brought before bankruptcy and did not arise under the Bankruptcy Code.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
