Rochelle's Daily Wire

Section 107 more broadly protects trade secrets and confidential information than does common law.

Because a trustee suing to recover a fraudulent transfer is acting in the interest of creditors, not the debtor, the in pari delicto defense does not apply, says Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson.

A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).

Chicago’s Judge David Cleary called for post-confirmation arbitration of claims between the debtor and a creditor, but no arbitration for the creditor’s defenses, raising questions of bankruptcy law.

A class action in Chicago will decide whether bankruptcy judges have the tools to rectify a single creditor’s violation of the rights of similarly situated debtors.

District court upholds an ‘opt-out’ chapter 11 plan with releases for nondebtors.

Whoever was overwithheld is entitled to the IRS refund when one spouse doesn’t file, Judge Michael Slade says.

A homestead can be protected from collection of a nondischargeable debt, limiting the judgment creditor to attaching nonexempt property.

When third parties sued a trust created by a confirmed chapter 11 plan, Judge Garrity declined to invent any new exceptions to the Barton doctrine.

The existence of a competing bidder does not put the buyer on notice of an ‘adverse interest’ to avoid dismissal for mootness under Section 363(m), the Sixth Circuit BAP says.