Rochelle's Daily Wire

Granfinanciera tells us to study English law from the 18th century in deciding when there’s a right to a jury trial in bankruptcy cases.

A decision by Bankruptcy Judge Maria Oxholm explains why chapter 13 plan amendments sometimes may be easier after confirmation than before.

When a home mortgage matures during the term of a chapter 13 plan, the debtor may bifurcate and cram down the secured claim, the Ninth Circuit holds.

The elaborate definition of ‘estate property’ in Section 541(a) may have superseded the 1966 ‘sufficiently rooted’ analysis in Segal.

Although lower courts have disagreed, the Second Circuit joined three other circuits in holding that a standing trustee may not retain the percentage fee when chapter 13 cases are dismissed before confirmation. Consequently, ‘13’ debtors with confirmed plans pay standing trustees’ fees.

After conversion, the debtor was entitled to prosecute an appeal at the debtor’s expense when the appeal involved the debtor’s personal liability.

Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark held that the Section 362(b)(2)(A)(v) exception to the automatic stay covers more than imminent or ongoing sexual abuse.

Chicago’s Bankruptcy Judge Donald Cassling nixed an idea that would have made chapter 13 unpalatable for debtors’ counsel.

The circuits are split on whether equity can extend the 60-day deadline for filing dischargeability complaints.

The Ninth Circuit BAP explains why Bartenwerfer didn’t open the door to vicarious liability for all forms of nondischargeability in Section 523(a).