Skip to main content
Help Center
ABI Journal

Executory Contracts/Leases

Benchnotes May 2022

May 2022

Bankruptcy Code
1189
503
1129
Topic Tags
Administrative Expense Claims
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraud
Plan Confirmation
Consumer Bankruptcy
Family/Divorce Issues

Invoking Mirant, Fifth Circuit Permits Rejection of a Gas Pipeline Contract

Unsuccessfully attempting to punch homes in Mirant, FERC emerged from the Fifth Circuit with no power to stop bankruptcy courts from rejecting contracts otherwise within FERC’s jurisdiction.

5th Circuit

Cyberuptcy: The Intersection of Information Security and Bankruptcy

June 2022

Topic Tags
Asset Sales
Bankruptcy Litigation
Executory Contracts/Leases
Business Reorganization
Small Business
Telecom/Tech

Rochelle’s Rocky Mountain Case Law Update

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
1194
101
102
105
106
109
1334
586
303
324
348
349
350
365
502
503
506
507
509
521
522
523
524
526
542
546
547
552
553
554
561
706
707
741
1104
1112
1123
1129
1141
1226
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1502
1515
1517
1520
1521
1522
1322
362
541
544
548
550
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

Links

please log in to access Law Review Articles or click here to join ABI.

Creating a Split, Second Circuit Says that Section 363(m) Is Jurisdictional

The new decision from the Second Circuit is based on prior opinions where the appeals court said there was no “jurisdiction” when it would have been correct to say there was no “power.”

2nd Circuit

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

Characterization, Identification and Repudiation: Three Decisions on Executory Contracts

Feb 2022

Bankruptcy Code
365
Topic Tags
Bankruptcy Litigation
Executory Contracts/Leases

Arbitration Clause Not Enforceable When the Contract Itself Was Rejected

Judge Jernigan in Dallas differs with a judge in Delaware by declining to enforce an arbitration agreement that was part of a rejected contract.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District

Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
1334(b)
524(g)
Sect. 1123(a)(4)
Section 106(a)
101
102
105
109
1334
586
303
348
349
350
363
365
502
503
506
507
509
522
523
526
542
546
547
552
553
554
726
1104
1109
1129
1141
1226
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1502
1506
1515
1517
362
541
548
549
550
Topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Family/Divorce Issues
Mortgage
Predatory Lending
International Insolvency
Labor/Employment
Puerto Rico
Small Business

Links

please log in to access Law Review Articles or click here to join ABI.

Circuit and District Court Splits on Important Bankruptcy Issues with Bill Rochelle & Friends

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1188
1189
1191
Sect. 1123(a)(4)
101
105
106
109
303
348
349
350
365
502
503
506
507
509
522
523
524
542
546
547
552
553
554
726
1104
1112
1129
1141
1307
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1506
1517
1520
1322
362
541
544
548
550
Topics
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automatic Stay
Claims
Executory Contracts/Leases
Fraudulent Transfers
Plan Confirmation
Preferences
Professional Compensation/Fees
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Business Reorganization
International Insolvency
Puerto Rico
Small Business

Links

please log in to access Law Review Articles or click here to join ABI.
Subscribe to %1