January 12, 2022
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.
Supreme Court
January 11, 2022
The district judge who overturned confirmation of Purdue’s chapter 11 plan is requiring the debtor to expedite the appeal to the Second Circuit.
2nd Circuit
January 06, 2022
Courts are split when it comes to deciding whether the confirmation date or the filing date should be used to value a secured lender’s collateral in cramdown.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
December 28, 2021
Split grows on allowance of makewholes and what constitutes disallowed, unmatured interest.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
December 20, 2021
Manhattan district judge vacated confirmation of Purdue Pharma’s chapter 11 plan because the court had no statutory power to impose non-consensual releases of creditors’ direct claims against non-debtors.
2nd Circuit
December 09, 2021
Treaties disagree on whether interest is required in 100% chapter 13 plans when the debtor is not devoting all disposable income to the plan.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
December 09, 2021
The U.S. Solicitor General wants the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split and decide whether the increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with bankruptcy administrators.
Supreme Court
November 19, 2021
Reducing a claim between the first and second bankruptcy didn’t prevent the Fifth Circuit from employing res judicata.
5th Circuit
November 18, 2021
The appeals court barred the holder of a personal guarantee from launching a collateral attack on a confirmed chapter 11 plan.
5th Circuit
November 17, 2021
Eleventh Circuit holds that the lack of notice required by Bankruptcy Rule 2002(c)(3) did not result in the invalidity of non-debtor, third-party releases in a chapter 11 plan.
11th Circuit
