April 25, 2025
A 2/1 decision required chapter 13 debtors to accelerate repayment of nondischargeable student loans.
5th Circuit
April 22, 2025
Following the Supreme Court’s Morgan v. Sundance, the appeals court interpreted an arbitration agreement like any other contract, with no policy favoring arbitration over litigation.
2nd Circuit
April 04, 2025
Circuit court upholds Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan: Notice by publication doesn’t discharge claims from a lease that rode through chapter 11 or was assumed.
5th Circuit
March 19, 2025
Chicago’s Judge David Cleary called for post-confirmation arbitration of claims between the debtor and a creditor, but no arbitration for the creditor’s defenses, raising questions of bankruptcy law.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
March 17, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’
9th Circuit, California, California Eastern District
March 07, 2025
The Third Circuit upheld Bankruptcy Judge Goldblatt of Delaware where the answer was self-evident but there was no controlling authority.
3rd Circuit
March 04, 2025
When retention benefits the chapter 11 debtor individually but not the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Bradley believes that compensation is not subject to approval under Section 330.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
March 03, 2025
New York’s Bankruptcy Judge David Jones reopened Texaco’s 1988 bankruptcy to ensure that state courts wouldn’t mistakenly decide that environmental claims were discharged
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
