Rochelle's Daily Wire

Conducting a valuation hearing on a cramdown plan isn’t always required.

Because ‘excusable neglect’ won’t allow a late vote to be counted, counsel must solicit votes on a plan before the voting deadline.

Nondebtor releases are valid whether the creditor votes for or against the plan, as long as notice to opt out was clear and conspicuous.

The Second Circuit shows how a properly structured leveraged refinancing avoids attack as a fraudulent transfer despite the Supreme Court’s effort at narrowing the ‘safe harbor.’

The opinion by Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro reads Jevic as animating the solvent-debtor exception to the disallowance of unmatured interest.

Bankruptcy Judge Larson administratively closed a Sub V case after substantial consummation.

A chapter 11 plan may not impair the rights of a mortgage lender against a co-owner who is not in bankruptcy.

After Purdue, bankruptcy judges are now split on whether mass-tort plans are permissible if creditors must opt out.

In the first opinion on the issue after Purdue, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez holds that Purdue did not change Fifth Circuit law where ‘hundreds’ of ‘opt-out’ plans have been confirmed with nondebtor releases.

Professors disagree on whether latent asbestos claims can be discharged without a trust for future claimants.