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Reversing, a Long Island district judge credits value to a homeowner’s ability to delay foreclosure, taking a position contrary to a recent decision from a Ninth Circuit B.A.P.

Exempt assets are included in the calculation of chapter 13 projected disposable income to the extent that the exempt asset produces income.

Despite contrary Second Circuit dicta, retiring Judge Robert Drain certified a nationwide class in a suit for violation of the discharge injunction.

After almost three years in chapter 11 without a consensual plan, Bankruptcy Judge Warren is allowing sexual abuse claimants to sue nondebtor parishes and schools.

Redesignation under the SBRA might become a hot topic once again when (if) Congress raises the cap back to $7.5 million.

At the risk of committing error, a district judge in New York reads a third-party release to cover only derivative claims, not direct claims that a creditor may have against a nondebtor.

No more informal ‘no-look’ fees in the courtroom of Bankruptcy Judge Robert Grossman.

Two district judges are becoming incensed by ‘net winners’ in the Madoff Ponzi scheme who continue litigating and losing on the same issues.

A fight between creditors justifies granting a Subchapter V debtor more time to file a plan, Judge Lane says.

The ‘average-lateness’ test reveals payments that were not made in the ‘ordinary course.’