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Third Circuit Holds: Magistrate Judges May Issue Final Orders on Bankruptcy Appeals

The Third Circuit splits from Seventh and Tenth Circuit opinions dating from 1987 and 1990.

Court :

3rd Circuit

Equity Won’t Extend the Deadline for Filing a Dischargeability Complaint

The circuits are split on whether equity can extend the 60-day deadline for filing dischargeability complaints.

Court :

3rd Circuit

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Eastern District

‘Notice’ in Rule 3002(c)(7) Means Notice of the Bar Date, Not Notice of the Case

Bankruptcy Judge Scott Grossman adopted the analysis by Bankruptcy Judge Brian Walsh in concluding that creditors are entitled to notice of the claims bar date, not just notice of the filing.

Court :

11th Circuit

Florida

Florida Southern District

Middle Ground on the Circuit Split over Dismissal vs. Conversion in Chapter 13

Bankruptcy Judge Michael Fagone permits dismissal of a chapter 13 case, but with a bar to refiling within two years.

Court :

1st Circuit

Maine

AI and Bankruptcy: Navigating the Unknown

Bankruptcy Code

541

Topics

Practice and Procedure

Telecom/Tech

GenAI Is Here to Stay: The Ethics of Using and Billing for AI Without Fear

Bankruptcy Code

330

Topics

Ethics

Practice and Procedure

Telecom/Tech

On a Split, Ninth Circuit BAP Holds: Misconduct in ‘11’ Doesn’t Prevent Conversion to ‘7’

Given that chapter 7 has remedies like denial of discharge for a debtor’s misconduct, bad faith in chapter 11 doesn’t allow dismissal on conversion to chapter 7.

Court :

9th Circuit