Displaying Journal Articles with Topic 11th Circuit

A creditor was allowed to keep a voluntary, post-petition payment on a pre-petition debt that the debtor made with non-estate property.

Two circuits and a BAP now invoke ‘equitable mootness’ to dismiss appeals from orders confirming chapter 9 municipal debt adjustment plans.

Eleventh Circuit abandons the notion that new value must remain unpaid to offset a preference.

Courts are split on whether personal liability to produce suppliers results in a nondischargeable debt under Section 523(a)(4).

Eleventh Circuit holds that dismissing bankruptcy comes too late if claims weren’t disclosed.

Eleventh Circuit explains when a final order may not remain a final order.

Compensation for brain injury is a disability payment, not payment on a tort claim.

Courts are split on the interpretation of BAPCPA’s treatment of automatically rejected leases in chapter 7.

Sympathy for a client won’t make up for counsel’s mistake.

Supreme Court’s subsequent Epic decision casts doubt on opinions overriding arbitration agreements in the bankruptcy context.