February 21, 2018
Res judicata is flexibly applied again to bankruptcy cases.
February 16, 2018
A case on the ability of state law to take property out of the estate after filing may not go to the Supreme Court.
February 12, 2018
Opinion ostensibly leaves a debtor without recourse for a supplier’s post-petition breach occurring before rejection.
February 08, 2018
A secured creditor making the 1111(b) election is not automatically entitled to a due-on-sale clause paying the claim in full if the property is sold after confirmation.
February 06, 2018
Congress created a loophole in the hanging paragraph in Section 1325(a).
February 05, 2018
Courts are also split on whether a five-year plan begins on confirmation or on the first chapter 13 plan payment.
January 31, 2018
Eighth Circuit sides with the Third: ‘Reasonably ascertainable,’ not ‘reasonably foreseeable,’ determines which creditors are entitled to actual notice.
January 09, 2018
Odds have risen that the high court will decide whether an oral statement about one asset is a statement of ‘financial condition’ that must be in writing.
January 05, 2018
Judge issues a tongue-lashing for a three-year reorganization that rewards lawyers but pays nothing so far to sexual abuse claimants.
December 26, 2017
New York judge enforces a French reorganization similar to a U.S. prepack.