Plan Confirmation

Briefly Noted: Success Fees, Covenants with the Land, and Fee-Only Chapter 13 Plans

Debtors win 2 of 3 important chapter 11 and 13 reorganization cases.
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Fourth Circuit Says Chapter 13 Can’t Reinstate Non-Default Rate on Home Mortgage

Bar to modification of a home mortgage trumps ability to cure in chapter 13.
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Valuation Date Chosen to Avoid ‘Gamesmanship’

Early valuation aids a debtor in stripping off during an up market.

Courts Split on Stripping Down Partially Commercial Mortgages

Buffalo case begs for circuit court ruling to set up a circuit conflict and cert petition.

Supreme Court Inadvertently Makes Life Difficult for Secured Creditors

Bullard gives bankruptcy judge more ammunition to stymie secured creditors.

Disavowing a Complaint Avoids Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction

Unartful complaint didn’t prove fatal on a change-of-venue motion.