February 4, 2025
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.
January 30, 2025
For a sale ‘free and clear,’ nondebtors can be enjoined from suing.
January 29, 2025
Because a right of redemption does not give rise to a claim, Section 1322(b) doesn’t enable a debtor to redeem foreclosed property when the right of redemption has expired.
January 14, 2025
Fifth Circuit didn’t permit plan proponents to structure a chapter 11 plan so that an appeal would be equitably moot.
January 13, 2025
The Fifth Circuit declines to adopt a securities industry guidebook for what’s a permissible financing.
December 18, 2024
District court equates distribution to creditors in chapter 13 to substantial consummation of a chapter 11 plan.
December 16, 2024
Did the notion of ‘prudential standing’ in bankruptcy cases survive Truck Insurance?
December 11, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Paul Baisier of Atlanta disagreed with Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt of Delaware about requiring creditors to vote before they are saddled with nondebtor releases in chapter 11 plans.
December 6, 2024
In the Third Circuit, it’s possible to cure a payment default under a chapter 13 play beyond five years, district judge says in affirming the bankruptcy court.
December 3, 2024
The same district judge who correctly predicted that Purdue’s nonconsensual releases were prohibited has nonetheless upheld a preliminary injunction barring suits against nondebtors.