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April 16, 2025

After the court had denied contract assumption, there was no compensation for keeping assumption alive pending appeal.

April 15, 2025

Bankruptcy Judge Littlefield insisted on supervision of post-confirmation legal fees when there was to be a ‘litany of litigation’ after confirmation.

April 10, 2025

Because all affected creditors were unanimous in support, Judge Michael Wiles didn’t agonize over whether the debtor actually had its center of main interests in the U.K.

April 09, 2025

A bankruptcy judge in San Antonio disagreed with two bankruptcy judges in Houston by holding that a nonvoting class is equivalent to rejecting a plan in Subchapter V of chapter 11.

April 04, 2025

Circuit court upholds Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan: Notice by publication doesn’t discharge claims from a lease that rode through chapter 11 or was assumed.

April 03, 2025

Houston’s Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez decided that the newest plan by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary didn’t qualify for nondebtor releases permissible in asbestos cases.

April 01, 2025

Wage claims and claims of critical vendors paid under ‘first day orders’ are counted toward the Subchapter V debt cap that’s rising on April 1 to about $3.4 million.

March 31, 2025

Bankruptcy judges continue to disagree on whether debts of corporations with cramdown plans in Subchapter V can have nondischargeable debts.

March 27, 2025

In an 8-1 opinion, the Supreme Court holds that the waiver of sovereign immunity under Section 106(a) does not extend to suits brought by a trustee under state law standing in the shoes of an actual creditor.

March 24, 2025

Picking up where Serta Simmons left off, the Fifth Circuit nixes another creative chapter 11 plan.