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Circuit split is widening on whether inaction can be a violation of the automatic stay.

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

Section 562 applies to fix the date for calculating damages only if the debtor rejects or the creditor terminates, New York district judge says.

A claim must be disallowed on the validity of the debt before the associated lien can be voided under Section 506(d), the Ninth Circuit BAP holds.

The addition of Section 362(b)(3) is held not to affect the ‘freeze rule’ with regard to lapsing security interests.

A bankruptcy judge’s finding regarding status as a good faith purchaser is not the final word on appeal.

Judge Flatley avoids taking sides in the Second/Third Circuit split.

‘Value’ doesn’t mean ‘present value’ in Section 1325(b)(1)(A), Judge Lorch says.

Constitutionally sufficient notice of a bar date may not preclude the use of a class proof of claim under Bankruptcy Rule 7023, Judge Hale says.

Defining collateral by reference in a UCC-1 is held invalid in Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy.