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Benchnotes July 2023

July 2023

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Discharge/Dischargeability

Real Estate

Retail

Student Loans Didn’t Qualify as Commercial Debt for Sub V Eligibility

The business debt necessary to qualify for Subchapter V need not to have arisen from the debtor’s business at the time of filing, Bankruptcy Judge Meier says.

Court :

Benchnotes June 2023

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Executory Contracts/Leases

Fraudulent Transfers

Consumer Bankruptcy

Discharge/Dischargeability

Legislative Update

Bankruptcy Code

Topics

Subchapter V Sale Cases

Bankruptcy Code

Topics

Later Developments Don’t Undo Subchapter V Eligibility, Houston Judge Says

In the Alex Jones corporate Subchapter V case, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said that the later chapter 11 filing by Jones himself, with about $1.5 billion in debt, didn’t kick the corporate debtor out of Subchapter V and into ‘ordinary’ chapter 11.

Court :

5th Circuit

Texas

Texas Southern District

Zero Days Since the Last Injury: Estimating Personal-Injury and Wrongful-Death Claims

Bankruptcy Code

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