business Cases
February 15, 2024
Prof. Westbrook believes there is no common law alternative to chapter 15.
February 13, 2024
Nondischargeability for Sub V corporate debtors is sub judice in the Fifth Circuit.
February 12, 2024
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
A fully secured lender’s lawyer doesn’t have a ‘blank check’ to overwork a case, Bankruptcy Judge Kimberley Tyson says.
February 8, 2024
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
Like Bankruptcy Judge Lopez in Houston, Delaware’s Judge Goldblatt decided that Delaware law governing LLCs can’t eliminate rights that are fundamental in federal bankruptcy law.
February 7, 2024
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
An opinion by Denver’s Judge McNamara describes the four interpretations of Section 1189(b) and follows the meaning given to Section 1221.
February 5, 2024
Knowledge of a chapter 11 case is enough to bind a creditor to the terms of a plan, even if the creditor hasn’t filed a claim, the Fifth Circuit says.
February 1, 2024
A vulgarity directed at the debtor wasn’t a stay violation absent an act designed to collect a debt.
January 29, 2024
9th Circuit , Oregon ,
The court can’t require a debtor to give a ‘retainer’ to a Subchapter V trustee, Judge Pearson says.
January 25, 2024
The Fifth Circuit answered one of the two questions being posed at this year’s Duberstein Moot Court Competition.
January 24, 2024
Although examiners must be appointed on motion, the Third Circuit says that the bankruptcy court retains ‘broad discretion’ to fix the scope and cost of the investigation.