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Three-Year Bar to Refiling in Chapter 13 Imposed for ‘Vexatious, Frivolous’ Litigation

Motions to recuse three bankruptcy judges fortified the third judge’s decision to dismiss and bar refiling for three years.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District

On an ‘Involuntary,’ Denial of Summary Judgment Doesn’t Mean the Claim Is Disputed

The Iqbal and Twombly standards don’t apply to involuntary petitioners who are required to use Official Form 105.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Southern District

Fees Benefiting Only the Debtor — and Not the Estate — Are Compensable in Chapter 13

Section 330(a)(4)(B) is an exception to the American Rule and the notion that administrative expenses must benefit the estate, not just the debtor.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District

Liquidating a Defunct Corporation Qualifies for the SBRA, Judge Lopez Says

Increasingly, courts are allowing defunct corporations to proceed under the SBRA while individual owners of defunct businesses aren’t being treated as small business debtors in chapter 11.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Southern District

NRA’s Bankruptcy Dismissed as Being Filed for an Improper Purpose

Filing bankruptcy to gain a ‘litigation advantage’ in the N.Y. Attorney General’s dissolution action meant the chapter 11 petition was not filed in good faith and must be dismissed, Judge Harlan Hale rules.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District

Once Repudiated, a Contract Is No Longer Executory

Courts disagree on whether a repudiated contract remains executory.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Southern District

Judge Isgur Knocks Down a Special Counsel’s Fees for ‘Unprofessional’ Conduct

Incivility may be acceptable in matrimonial matters, but not when the lawyer represents a debtor.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Southern District

Filing a Timely Extension Motion Won’t Extend a Deadline Without an Order

Creditors’ lawyers shot themselves in the foot by having the bankruptcy judge moot a motion for an extension of the dischargeability deadline.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Western District

Split Grows on Whether a Subchapter V Debtor Must Be ‘Currently’ Engaged in Business

The owner of defunct businesses was held ineligible to be a small business debtor because he was no longer the owner of an operating business. Being a non-owner executive of an operating business didn’t qualify him.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District

To Invoke Equitable or Statutory Mootness, the Record Must Be Clear that a Sale Closed

Unsubstantiated statements that a sale closed didn’t persuade a district judge in Dallas to invoke equitable or statutory mootness.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District
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