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.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
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.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
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.
5th Circuit
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.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
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.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
March 31, 2025
Bankruptcy judges continue to disagree on whether debts of corporations with cramdown plans in Subchapter V can have nondischargeable debts.
10th Circuit, Colorado
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.
Supreme Court
March 24, 2025
Picking up where Serta Simmons left off, the Fifth Circuit nixes another creative chapter 11 plan.
5th Circuit
March 21, 2025
Some courts don’t transfer venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1412 if the claims are only ‘related to’ the bankruptcy and don’t arise in the bankruptcy case or arise under the Bankruptcy Code.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Western District
March 19, 2025
Chicago’s Judge David Cleary called for post-confirmation arbitration of claims between the debtor and a creditor, but no arbitration for the creditor’s defenses, raising questions of bankruptcy law.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
