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The equitable power under Section 105(a) permits extending the discharge objection deadline when the court makes a mistake.

A cramdown plan can reduce the collateral coverage for secured creditors.

Following the answer by the Texas Supreme Court to a certified question, the Fifth Circuit again rules that an inability to discover fraud won’t absolve a transferee from the duty to investigate suspicions of fraud.

Judge Grabill finds nothing in Section 1329(d) to preclude extending the duration of a plan if payments were already in default when the CARES Act was enacted on March 27.

Insurance companies must nail down the treatment of performance bonds before plan confirmation.

Language in the documents prevented trusts from dissolving automatically when the trustee missed a deadline for extending the duration of the trusts, Judge Isgur said.

Below median debtors are no longer required to turn over tax refunds in excess of $2,000.

Does Rule 9006(a) expand the 30-day window for perfection, and can perfection be “substantially contemporaneous” even if perfection occurs after 30 days?

Fifth Circuit declines to create a circuit split on the ability of a coal producer to sell assets and protect the buyer from liability for retiree health benefits under the Coal Act.

More than 600 cases have already been filed under the SBRA since subchapter V of chapter 11 became effective in February.