October 24, 2024
When chapter 13 cases are converted to chapter 7 before confirmation, bankruptcy courts are split on whether the broad language in Harris v. Viegelahn bars chapter 13 trustees from paying administrative expenses incurred before conversion.
October 23, 2024
Dilatory actions by a debtor tolled statutes of limitations for a trustee’s suit against a third party.
October 22, 2024
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
Tenth Circuit will be deciding whether an entire child tax credit is exempt or only a pro rata portion.
October 21, 2024
4th Circuit , Maryland ,
Bankruptcy courts are divided on whether the calculation of a trustee’s commissions includes distributions made to co-owners of property that the trustee has sold.
October 18, 2024
Once affirmed in the Ninth Circuit, the debtor could file a petition for certiorari to resolve an important circuit split on assumption of intellectual property contracts.
October 17, 2024
An opinion by Bankruptcy Judge Carl L. Bucki might be read, incorrectly, to mean that Purdue precludes preliminary injunctions stopping suits against nondebtors.
October 16, 2024
Virginia’s Judge Keith Phillips sides with courts that bar lenders from cutting deals with trustees to eliminate debtors’ homestead exemptions.
October 15, 2024
A district judge in Indiana says that a bankruptcy court cannot have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes in the future except in the circumstances specified in Section 1334.
October 11, 2024
Conducting a valuation hearing on a cramdown plan isn’t always required.
October 10, 2024
When a DIP sues a former officer, the bankruptcy ‘exception’ in a D&O policy provides coverage when the ‘insured vs. insured’ exclusion would otherwise deny coverage.