April 7, 2025
Wife who contributed nothing toward household expenses is still counted as part of the ‘household,’ Chicago’s Judge Slade says.
April 4, 2025
Circuit court upholds Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan: Notice by publication doesn’t discharge claims from a lease that rode through chapter 11 or was assumed.
April 3, 2025
Houston’s Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez decided that the newest plan by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary didn’t qualify for nondebtor releases permissible in asbestos cases.
March 24, 2025
Picking up where Serta Simmons left off, the Fifth Circuit nixes another creative chapter 11 plan.
March 13, 2025
In the Spirit Airlines reorganization, no creditors with an economic interest had opposed confirmation of a plan with opt-out releases for nondebtors.
March 12, 2025
District court upholds an ‘opt-out’ chapter 11 plan with releases for nondebtors.
March 10, 2025
New York’s Judge Philip Bentley interpreted Section 363(f)(5) to permit a sale free and clear whenever a creditor could conduct a foreclosure or a UCC sale.
March 3, 2025
New York’s Bankruptcy Judge David Jones reopened Texaco’s 1988 bankruptcy to ensure that state courts wouldn’t mistakenly decide that environmental claims were discharged
February 28, 2025
New York’s Judge John Mastando saw no reason a Subchapter V plan couldn’t enjoin lawsuits against nondebtors for the life of a five-year plan.
February 6, 2025
Delaware judge wouldn’t allow a chapter 11 debtor to restructure the same secured debt a second time in a different venue.
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