Rochelle's Daily Wire

The inability to modify a Section 524(a) discharge put the Ninth Circuit BAP in a bind.

Seventh Circuit holds that comparative fault requires a reduction in compensatory damages for a discharge violation but not for a debtor’s attorneys’ fees.

A plan saying that it satisfies and settles claims does nothing more than discharge the claims. It doesn’t extinguish the claims, the Fifth Circuit says.

Granfinanciera tells us to study English law from the 18th century in deciding when there’s a right to a jury trial in bankruptcy cases.

Courts are divided on whether automatic stay termination in Section 362(c)(3) applies to property of the debtor’s estate.

Judge Meredith Grabill of New Orleans agreed with New York’s Judge Mastando that a Subchapter V plan can enjoin lawsuits against nondebtors for the life of a three-year plan.

The circuit courts are diverging on the utility of equitable mootness to avoid reversing confirmation of chapter 11 plans.

Holding $1.4 billion in escrow did not preclude invocation of equitable mootness, Third Circuit majority says.

The Third Circuit majority upheld nondebtor, nonconsensual releases because they were part of a sale, making the appeal statutorily moot under Section 363(m).

Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark held that the Section 362(b)(2)(A)(v) exception to the automatic stay covers more than imminent or ongoing sexual abuse.