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Persistent Misbehavior Allows the Court to ‘Bend’ Strict Statutory Language, Circuit Says

First Circuit won’t allow a debtor to dismiss and avoid the consequences of abusive conduct.

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Once Repudiated, a Contract Is No Longer Executory

Courts disagree on whether a repudiated contract remains executory.

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Texas Southern District

Another Circuit Upholds the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees

Dissenters in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits evidently believe that the dual U.S. Trustee/Bankruptcy Administrator system is unconstitutional.

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Just Asking for Confirmation from a Data Furnisher Won’t Bar an FCRA Suit, Circuit Says

A jury should decide whether a credit-reporting agency was negligent by not examining court records to determine whether a debt had been discharged.

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Debt Recharacterization: Does State or Federal Law Apply?

Bankruptcy Code

11 U.S.C. § 105

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Corporations Are More Likely Eligible for the SBRA than Owners of Defunct Businesses

Utah’s Judge Thurman says that a corporation liquidating its remaining assets is engaged in business ‘activities’ and is therefore eligible for Subchapter V.

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Faulty Pleading Resulted in Dismissal of a Suit by an ‘Unknown’ Creditor

Third Circuit dicta suggests that failure to create a trust is constitutionally deficient and won’t discharge claims of ‘unknown’ creditors in a chapter 11 plan.

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New York Judge Declines (for Now) to Enforce an Indonesian Plan in the U.S.

Manhattan’s Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane requires a record in the foreign proceeding showing that third-party releases are in accord with foreign law.

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New York Southern District

Denver Judge Opens the SBRA Door Wide for People with Debt from Failed Companies

A fast-food worker can (conceivably) qualify as a small business debtor under Subchapter V, according to Bankruptcy Judge Thomas B. McNamara.

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Discharge May Be Enforced in Another District, Brooklyn Judge Says

Bankruptcy court has power to entertain a nationwide class action asserting a discharge violation.

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New York Eastern District

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