Plan Confirmation

New York Judge Rejects a ‘Lockup’ Long Before a Plan Is Negotiated

New York’s Judge Martin Glenn disapproved a lockup agreement masquerading as a plan-support agreement that required the creditor to vote for any plan the debtor might propose.

Section 1325(b)(1) Held Applicable to Post-Confirmation Amendments to Chapter 13 Plans

Courts are split on whether the confirmation requirements in Section 1325(b)(1) apply when a debtor seeks confirmation of an amended plan.

Nonconsensual, Nondebtor Releases Prohibited by a District Court in a Subchapter V Case

A district judge in New York reversed a bankruptcy judge who had permitted a nonconsensual, nondebtor release in a Subchapter V case.

Actual Notice Is Required for a Plan Injunction to Bind a Creditor

A creditor’s actual knowledge that a bankruptcy case exists isn’t enough for the creditor to be bound by a plan injunction, Delaware’s Judge Silverstein says.

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