March 5, 2024
Did bankruptcy courts create prohibited federal common law by allowing committees to prosecute claims belonging to the estate?
March 4, 2024
The Sixth Circuit explains how to appeal when the automatic stay prevents an order in a multi-defendant suit from becoming a final order.
March 1, 2024
A foreign branch of a U.S. bank isn’t a foreign bank eligible for chapter 15.
February 29, 2024
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
Although a ‘mobile home’ in Arizona is exempt, a ‘motor home’ is not exempt because it has a motor.
February 28, 2024
In bankruptcy proceedings, formal notice isn’t required if there is actual notice, the Tenth Circuit says.
February 27, 2024
Two North Carolina Courts have held within two months that the Bankruptcy Clause doesn’t demand ‘financial distress’ to establish subject matter jurisdiction.
February 26, 2024
The Fifth Circuit used Section 363(m) to avoid ruling on equitable mootness following consummation of a chapter 11 plan.
February 23, 2024
Extending statutes of limitations does not affect ‘substantive’ rights, thus the Rules Enabling Act does not preclude a rule from allowing an extension, Judge Julie Manning says.
February 22, 2024
If a confirmation order is found not to be equitably moot on appeal, the debtor can’t raise equitable mootness again on remand.
February 21, 2024
Any day now, the Second Circuit could create a split of circuits importuning the Supreme Court to decide whether chapter 13 trustees are paid fees even if no plan is confirmed.