Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in New York held that a civil penalty wasn’t discharged even though the fraud wasn’t committed against the government.

Judge Vaughan explains why a foreign debtor isn’t required to have a presence in the U.S. before the debtor’s foreign representatives can win recognition under chapter 15.

The ‘conduct’ test in the Seventh Circuit, not the ‘accrual test,’ determines when a claim arose and whether it was discharged.

Although Section 1141(d)(1) sets a default rule only discharging claims that arose before confirmation, Circuit Judge Ambro says that a plan may alter the default rule and allow discharge of administrative claims arising after confirmation.

The Supreme Court’s Grupo Mexicano decision doesn’t bar a bankruptcy court from freezing a defendant’s assets prior to judgment in a fraud action, Judge Sontchi says.

Paying more to the sole creditor in the only accepting class unfairly discriminated against other unsecured creditors, Judge Jennemann said.

Although disqualified and removed for an undisclosed conflict, the trustee was not removed in all other cases.

The oversight of a distribution by a chapter 7 trustee (and the attendant expense) isn’t required when a debtor liquidates the assets in Subchapter V of chapter 11.

Dismissal of a chapter 13 case moots an appeal regarding an allegedly erroneous order directing payment of money.

Just because a creditor doesn’t cash a distribution check doesn’t mean it’s abandoned and reverts to the debtor.