April 9, 2025
A bankruptcy judge in San Antonio disagreed with two bankruptcy judges in Houston by holding that a nonvoting class is equivalent to rejecting a plan in Subchapter V of chapter 11.
April 8, 2025
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
Affirming Bankruptcy Judge Michael Romero, the district court holds that an exemption remains valid even though the exempt property remains subject to a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.
April 7, 2025
Wife who contributed nothing toward household expenses is still counted as part of the ‘household,’ Chicago’s Judge Slade says.
April 4, 2025
Circuit court upholds Bankruptcy Judge Jernigan: Notice by publication doesn’t discharge claims from a lease that rode through chapter 11 or was assumed.
April 3, 2025
Houston’s Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez decided that the newest plan by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary didn’t qualify for nondebtor releases permissible in asbestos cases.
April 2, 2025
A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).
April 1, 2025
Wage claims and claims of critical vendors paid under ‘first day orders’ are counted toward the Subchapter V debt cap that’s rising on April 1 to about $3.4 million.
March 31, 2025
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
Bankruptcy judges continue to disagree on whether debts of corporations with cramdown plans in Subchapter V can have nondischargeable debts.
March 28, 2025
When estimated tax payments are ‘reasonable’ estimates of the year’s taxes, they aren’t fraudulent transfers, district judge says
March 27, 2025
In an 8-1 opinion, the Supreme Court holds that the waiver of sovereign immunity under Section 106(a) does not extend to suits brought by a trustee under state law standing in the shoes of an actual creditor.