Rochelle's Daily Wire

Judge Somers wrote two opinions on debtors’ eligibility to reorganize in chapter 12.

The Ninth Circuit B.A.P. says that the automatic stay does not require dismissal of prepetition lawsuits against debtors.

Motions to recuse three bankruptcy judges fortified the third judge’s decision to dismiss and bar refiling for three years.

Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.

The debtor’s bad faith chapter 13 filings convinced Judge Hall to allow garnishment of funds held by the trustee after dismissal.

Disclosing a lawsuit in the SOFA and discussing the suit with the trustee was no substitute for listing the suit among a debtor’s assets, the Ninth Circuit held.

Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.

Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.

Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.

Curiously, bifurcated fee arrangements are sometimes permitted in the Eastern District of Kentucky.