September 18, 2020
Ninth Circuit Reiterates Its Idiosyncratic Recoupment Standard
Ninth Circuit abjures bright lines in favor of a flexible approach to defining recoupment.
9th CircuitSeptember 14, 2020
University Medical Unscathed After Denby-Peterson, Delaware District Judge Says
The government lost a winnable appeal by failing to present evidence in bankruptcy court.
3rd Circuit, DelawareJuly 30, 2020
Federal Income Taxes for a ‘Straddle Year’ Are Administrative Priority Claims
On an issue with no appellate authority, a Delaware district judge rules that federal income taxes are administrative claims if filing occurs before the year’s end.
3rd Circuit, DelawareJuly 27, 2020
Sixth Circuit Broadly Interprets Section 959(b) to Cover State Pension Plans
A split panel on the Sixth Circuit held that Section 959(b) barred the debtor from halting participation in a state employees’ pension plan.
6th CircuitJuly 16, 2020
Fraudulent Transfer Suit Didn’t Succeed in ‘Discharging’ Student Loans
Can student loans be wiped out as fraudulent transfers that aren’t dischargeable under Section 523(a)(8)?
4th Circuit, North Carolina, North Carolina Eastern DistrictJuly 15, 2020
Fines for Defrauding Consumers Are Dischargeable in a Corporate Chapter 11 Plan
Courts are divided on discharging fines in a corporate chapter 11 case when the government itself was not defrauded.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern DistrictJuly 10, 2020
Eighth Circuit Won’t Impose Unwritten Requirements on Service of a Claim Objection
In the Bankruptcy Rules, a claim objection isn’t treated like a motion for all purposes, the Eighth Circuit says.
8th CircuitJuly 09, 2020
Seventh Circuit Requires Court Findings for a Plan Provision the Code Allows
The Seventh Circuit opinion raises the question of whether (or when) a court may restrict the use of a provision in a chapter 13 plan that Section 1322(b) permits.
7th CircuitJune 26, 2020
No Contempt for the IRS on Discharge Without Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Is Taggart just a defense that can be waived, or must a debtor plead and prove ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ in a motion for contempt of discharge?
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern DistrictJune 02, 2020
Liquidating in Chapter 11 Won’t Stop an EEOC Suit for Employment Discrimination
Magistrate judge decided that the regulatory power exception to the automatic stay allows the EEOC to proceed, but he stayed the suit by the former employee seeking damages.
11th Circuit, Georgia, Georgia Northern District