July 15, 2022
To take advantage of a change in decisional law, a plan must be modified within the time limits imposed by Federal Rule 60(c), the Seventh Circuit says.
7th Circuit
July 12, 2022
A representative of future claimants must meet a higher standard than disinterestedness, the Third Circuit said, but technical conflicts may not be disqualifying.
3rd Circuit
July 07, 2022
Bankruptcy Judge Gunn found the power to revoke a small business designation and proceed under ‘traditional’ chapter11 in lieu of dismissing or converting to chapter 7.
D.C. Circuit
July 06, 2022
Fifth Circuit holds that 28 U.S.C. § 158 requires district judges or BAPs to decide bankruptcy appeals.
5th Circuit
July 05, 2022
Reversing, a Long Island district judge credits value to a homeowner’s ability to delay foreclosure, taking a position contrary to a recent decision from a Ninth Circuit B.A.P.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
June 28, 2022
The Supreme Court now has two bankruptcy cases on the calendar for argument in the term to begin in October.
Supreme Court
June 23, 2022
BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.
9th Circuit
June 21, 2022
The amendment to Section 547(b) does not require a preference complaint to explain why the defendant doesn’t have affirmative defenses, Judge Walrath says.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
