Although a lawsuit against the archbishop violated the automatic stay, Judge Thuma of Albuquerque declined to impose sanctions because precedent was ‘spotty or nonexistent.’

Neither the Bankruptcy Code nor state law permits reducing rent when government regulations restrict a debtor’s ability to generate income, Judge Isgur says.

Courts are split on the extent to which an affidavit of timely mailing will suffice to prove that a claim was filed.

Debts acquired from running a business do not qualify someone for subchapter V of chapter 11 if the business has terminated and the assets are gone, according to Judge Cynthia Norton.

Section 326(b) could have been (incorrectly) read to mean that non-standing subchapter V trustees are not entitled to compensation.

California judge disagrees with a Texas judge and rules that creditors of a solvent debtor are not entitled to the higher state judgment rate or the higher contract rate.

Expanding on dicta in Bellingham, the district court in Arizona finds no power to enter a final order in a preference suit against a defendant who did not consent to a final order in bankruptcy court.

An oversecured lender may not be entitled to a fee allowance from the estate that a private client might be willing to pay.

The Fifth Circuit and now the Court of Claims found no constitutional flaw in the 2017 increase in fees paid by chapter 11 debtors to the U.S. Trustee system.

New York Court of Appeals decision opens the door to state court suits against third parties who cause debtors to breach contracts with lenders.