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Supreme Court Jurisprudence

Eighth Circuit Definitively Holds: Avoidance Actions Are Estate Property and Can Be Sold

Now a circuit judge, a former bankruptcy judge makes quick work of a troublesome issue about property of the estate.

Updates in Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies: What We've Learned and What to Expect

Circuits Are Now Split on Who Gets Appreciation in a Home When a ‘13’ Converts to ‘7’

Splitting with the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit holds that chapter 13 debtors lose post-petition appreciation in a home if the case converts to chapter 7.

Benchnotes September 2023

Sept 2023

Nonprofit Assets in Bankruptcy: What Do the Rules Really Mean?

Feb 2024

Recoveries on Postpetition Tort Recoveries Do (Do Not) Belong to Creditors in ‘13’

Rather than invoking the best interests and disposable income tests for plan confirmation, the Eleventh Circuit may have departed from the statute by ruling that the ‘ability to pay’ gives postpetition tort claims to creditors in chapter 13.

Crypto Is Here

Advising the Board

Judicial Merry-Go-Round