Business Reorganization

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Sex Abuse Victims to Have a Private Conference with the Judge and the Catholic Bishop

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’

Opt-Out Plan Confirmed with Impaired Creditors Almost Unanimous in Support

In the Spirit Airlines reorganization, no creditors with an economic interest had opposed confirmation of a plan with opt-out releases for nondebtors.

District Court Doesn’t Say Whether ‘Person Aggrieved’ Survived Truck Insurance

District court upholds an ‘opt-out’ chapter 11 plan with releases for nondebtors.
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For Fraudulent Transfers, Retailers Needn’t Police Who Receives Value from the Purchase

Judge Peter Henderson declined to adopt an interpretation of Section 548 that would turn innocent retailers into recipients of fraudulent transfers when someone buys goods but turns the goods over to someone else.

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects a District Court’s Narrow View of Sales Free and Clear

New York’s Judge Philip Bentley interpreted Section 363(f)(5) to permit a sale free and clear whenever a creditor could conduct a foreclosure or a UCC sale.

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Claim Isn’t Disallowed if the ‘Statute’ Lapses After the Claim Is Filed, Third Circuit Says

The Third Circuit upheld Bankruptcy Judge Goldblatt of Delaware where the answer was self-evident but there was no controlling authority.
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Student Loans for a Professional Degree Weren’t Business Debts to Qualify for Sub V

The Ninth Circuit didn’t completely close the door to a finding in another case that student loans for a professional degree could be business debts making the debtor eligible for Subchapter V of chapter 11.
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