July 16, 2024
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
A decision by a district judge in Idaho may or may not be irreconcilable with a Ninth Circuit BAP decision that a finding of eligibility for Sub V is interlocutory and not appealable.
July 15, 2024
Ohio’s Bankruptcy Judge Nami Khorrami sides with the minority on a circuit split that the Supreme Court ducked in 2009.
July 12, 2024
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
The debtor’s prebankruptcy machinations to inflate the value of tokens resulted in low claim valuations in bankruptcy.
July 11, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Montali didn’t toss an individual out of chapter 7 just because he owned two LLCs that sold marijuana at retail.
July 10, 2024
Expedience is no substitute for disinterestedness when it comes to retention of a chapter 11 debtor’s general counsel.
July 9, 2024
Having previously set aside a $240,000 sanction as criminal contempt, the Fifth Circuit affirmed $450,000 in civil contempt against the same contemnor in the same bankruptcy case.
July 8, 2024
Disagreeing with two bankruptcy courts in Houston, Miami’s Judge Isicoff holds that a Sub V plan with a nonvoting class can be confirmed only as a nonconsensual plan.
July 5, 2024
Tort claims are usually unliquidated, but a contract claim is liquidated if it’s precisely determinable by agreement or operation of law, Judge Lori Vaughan says.
July 3, 2024
The federal appeals court brushed aside technicalities under state criminal law in deciding that an order for restitution was not discharged under Section 1328(a)(3).
July 2, 2024
Eighth Circuit holds that a chapter 13 debtor, not the trustee, has standing to bring personal injury claims.