Plan Confirmation

Separate Classification of a Child’s Student Loan Barred in a Chapter 13 Plan

Factors in permitting separate classification of debts include moral obligation and tangible benefit.

What Not to Put in a Chapter 11 Plan

Another Court Limits ‘Related To’ Jurisdiction Based on Indemnification Claims

W.R. Grace makes more law on channeling injunctions.

Sixth Circuit Might Rule on Deductions for Contributions to Retirement Accounts

Courts are split on whether chapter 13 debtors may deduct voluntary contributions to retirement accounts from ‘disposable income.’

A Billion Can’t Always Buy You a Third-Party Release

Nov 2019

Confirmation Roundtable

November 2019 Benchnotes

Nov 2019

Another Judge Clamps Down on Third-Party Releases in a Major Reorganization

Extinguishing contingent environmental claims doesn’t comply with the Sixth Circuit’s Dow Corning test, Judge Koschik says.

Section 363 Doesn’t Apply to Asset Sales in a Chapter 11 Plan, Judge Garrity Rules

Section 363(o) claims nonetheless must be counted in deciding whether a chapter 11 plan passes the best interests test.