July 09, 2021
Courts are split on whether a debtor may amend a chapter 13 plan to cure post-petition defaults on a principal residence.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
July 01, 2021
Closing a chapter 11 case after confirmation to avoid U.S. Trustee fees won’t be necessary if the ruling by Judge Sontchi holds up.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
May 27, 2021
The Second Circuit split with the Fourth and Fifth Circuits by holding that the increase in fees for the U.S. Trustee system was unconstitutional because it was not imposed simultaneously in the two states with bankruptcy administrators.
2nd Circuit
May 25, 2021
A chapter 13 debtor was permitted to make a fraction of the pension contributions permitted by the IRS Code.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
May 03, 2021
Dissenters in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits evidently believe that the dual U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy Administrator system is unconstitutional.
4th Circuit
April 27, 2021
Utah’s Judge Thurman says that a corporation liquidating its remaining assets is engaged in business ‘activities’ and is therefore eligible for Subchapter V.
10th Circuit, Utah
April 26, 2021
Third Circuit dicta suggests that failure to create a trust is constitutionally deficient and won’t discharge claims of ‘unknown’ creditors in a chapter 11 plan.
3rd Circuit
April 21, 2021
A fast-food worker can (conceivably) qualify as a small business debtor under Subchapter V, according to Bankruptcy Judge Thomas B. McNamara.
10th Circuit, Colorado
