Rochelle's Daily Wire

The Fifth Circuit declines to adopt a securities industry guidebook for what’s a permissible financing.

The definition of ‘small business’ uses the word ‘activities,’ not ‘operations,’ making nonoperating small business eligible for Subchapter V.

The bankruptcy judge in Houston denied the U.S. Trustee’s motion to quash deposition subpoenas in the fight over disgorgement of fees for failure to disclose an allegedly close relationship between the judge and a firm lawyer.

A district court in Houston denied a motion to dismiss a confirmation appeal as equitably moot, although reversal might alter ownership of the reorganized debtor.

When a DIP sues a former officer, the bankruptcy ‘exception’ in a D&O policy provides coverage when the ‘insured vs. insured’ exclusion would otherwise deny coverage.

A court can evaluate the credibility of an affidavit when deciding whether there’s a material issue of disputed fact to defeat summary judgment.

Bankruptcy Judge Larson administratively closed a Sub V case after substantial consummation.

For abandoned property, there is more likely to be bankruptcy jurisdiction under Section 1334(b) than Section 1334(e)(1), Fifth Circuit Judge King says.

In the first opinion on the issue after Purdue, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez holds that Purdue did not change Fifth Circuit law where ‘hundreds’ of ‘opt-out’ plans have been confirmed with nondebtor releases.

Criminal activities of an agent don’t take the agent’s actions outside of the scope of authority.