Automatic Stay

Consent Orders Strictly Enforced in the Fifth Circuit, Even if the Result Is Unreasonable

Although averse to third-party releases in chapter 11 plans, the Fifth Circuit will allow bankruptcy courts to enforce releases given by one third party to another.

Court :

5th Circuit

Reservation of Assets Post-Closing in Chapter 7 Cases

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Practice and Procedure

Cordova v. City of Chicago: Another Round for the Second City

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Rochelle’s Rocky Mountain Case Law Update

Bankruptcy Code

Topics

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Automatic Stay

Claims

Executory Contracts/Leases

Fraudulent Transfers

Plan Confirmation

Preferences

Professional Compensation/Fees

Venue/Jurisdiction

Consumer Bankruptcy

Discharge/Dischargeability

Business Reorganization

International Insolvency

Municipal Bankruptcy

Puerto Rico

Small Business

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On Title Loans, a Judge Decides Between Conflicting Eleventh Circuit Opinions

Can a state law properly decree when a debtor’s property drops out of the estate?

Court :

11th Circuit

Full Circles: Reflections on 30 Years in the Bankruptcy Arena

Bankruptcy Code

Topic Tags

Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity

Mass Torts

Benchnotes February 2022

Feb 2022

Bankruptcy Code

1182

11 U.S.C. § 365

Fraudulent Conveyance

Subchapter III - The Estate

1112

Topic Tags

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Automatic Stay

Claims

Corporate Governance

Executory Contracts/Leases

Fraudulent Transfers

Plan Confirmation

Consumer Bankruptcy

Complaint Survives Against Chicago for Not Releasing Impounded Cars Immediately

Despite Fulton, a Chicago bankruptcy judge rules that the City of Chicago might have violated Section 362(a)(4), (a)(6) or (a)(7) by refusing to release impounded cars immediately after a debtor files a chapter 13 petition.

Court :

7th Circuit

Illinois

Illinois Northern District