Practice and Procedure

Avoidance Claims Buyers, Beware: The Limits on Where and for Whose Benefit Avoidance Claims Purchased from a Bankruptcy Estate May Be Pursued

Sept 2025

‘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.

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.

AI and Bankruptcy: Navigating the Unknown

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

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.

Fraud, Forensics and Defenses

Evidence Workshop: Effective Use of Experts

Bad Debtors and Vexatious Litigants: How the Code, the Rules and the Courts Can and Can’t Help

BAP to the Future: Multi-Circuit BAPs, Judicial Capacity and Precedent

July 2025