March 14, 2022
At the risk of committing error, a district judge in New York reads a third-party release to cover only derivative claims, not direct claims that a creditor may have against a nondebtor.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
February 18, 2022
To satisfy Article III, an appellee need only have ‘concrete adverseness’ and an ongoing interest in the dispute.
5th Circuit
February 11, 2022
Interest, if any, due on arrears cured under a plan derives from the loan documents and state law.
9th Circuit, Hawaii
February 09, 2022
Mallinckrodt’s nondebtor releases didn’t have the defects that infected Purdue and Patterson.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
January 25, 2022
The Tenth Circuit left an unanswered question: Do debtors retain post-filing appreciation in a home that is not sold before the case converts from chapter 13 to chapter 7?
10th Circuit
January 20, 2022
On an issue the Supreme Court will decide this spring, the Eleventh Circuit broke the tie among the circuits by finding no unconstitutional lack of uniformity when the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.
11th Circuit
January 19, 2022
A district judge in Virginia holds that third-party, non-debtor releases must be approved by district judge under Stern and must comply with the strictures of Federal Rule 23.
4th Circuit, Virginia, Virginia Eastern District
