Rochelle's Daily Wire

Courts are split on whether large medical bills are consumer debts that invoke the means test and can bar relief in chapter 7.

The 2005 amendments to Section 546(c) departed from state law under UCC § 2-702 by creating a federal rule making reclamation claims subordinate to existing secured claims and DIP financing.

Judge Rodriguez holds servicer and lender liable under Rule 3002.1 and the FDCPA for making a claim for unpaid real estate taxes that had been paid.

Employer contributions to Puerto Rico’s retirement system did not qualify as ‘special revenues,’ with the result that bondholders’ liens were cut off on the filing date.

District judge decides that he lacked jurisdiction to enforce a cross-border protocol against foreign liquidators.

The Supreme Court has ducked the split twice in recent years but should tackle the question this time around.

The general rule in Langenkamp calling for the waiver of Seventh Amendment rights prevails over the unique facts of a case.

A PACA trust lacks the hallmarks of a trust, so a failure to pay a produce supplier doesn’t give rise to a nondischargeable debt for defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, Judge Goldgar says.

Fifth Circuit should decide en banc whether nondebtor releases are permissible in receiverships but not in bankruptcy cases.

Virginia case highlights the damage that will be done to debtor protections if affirmative action is required for a stay violation.