July 25, 2022
FERC tried the patience of the Fifth Circuit by arguing again that the agency can bar a chapter 11 debtor from rejecting a filed-rate contract.
5th Circuit
July 22, 2022
When a secured lender credit bids, a buyer’s premium can be a legitimate surcharge against the lender’s collateral, Judge Rodriguez says.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
July 21, 2022
Splitting with the Ninth Circuit, the First Circuit holds that claims under the Takings Clause cannot be discharged in a municipal bankruptcy.
1st Circuit
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 01, 2022
Circuit courts are split 4/3 on their interpretation of Supreme Court precedent holding that regularly conducted mortgage foreclosures are immune from fraudulent transfer attack.
2nd Circuit
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
