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Overpaying a DSO Doesn’t Result in a Nondischargeable Debt, Seventh Circuit Holds

On an issue dividing the courts, the Seventh Circuit rules that an obligation to repay a domestic support obligation is a dischargeable debt, not a nondischargeable DSO.

An Order Directing Specific Performance Means the Contract Is Not Executory

Idaho’s Judge Myers rules that an order directing specific performance is not a transfer and cannot be a preference.

The Small Business Owner’s Chapter 13

Delay in Appointment of a Foreign Representative Isn’t Fatal to Chapter 15 Recognition

Allegedly repudiating U.S. dollar obligations won’t preclude a finding of property in the U.S., Judge Lane rules.

Licensee May Continue Using a Trademark after Rejection, Supreme Court Rules

Supreme Court gets around to overruling Lubrizol almost 35 years later.

Ethics Panel

Managing Management and Employment/Labor Issues in Bankruptcy

Corporate Governance in Distress Situations

Cross-Border Bankruptcy Issues

BAP Agrees: No Bankruptcy for Puerto Rico Church Pension Plan

July 2019