Practice and Procedure

Are Chapter 13 Creditors Entitled to Proceeds from a Post-Confirmation Tort Claim?

The Code and the Rules are unclear about a chapter 13 debtor’s obligation to disclose assets acquired post-petition that were not derived from income.
5th Circuit Jan 3, 2023

Unlike the Eleventh Circuit, Barton Is Alive and Well in the Fifth Circuit

In a case irreconcilable with two recent opinions from the Eleventh Circuit, the Fifth Circuit invokes Barton to bar a lawsuit against a trustee after the bankruptcy case had been closed.

When Federal Law Collides: Application of the Equal Access to Justice Act in Bankruptcy

When Federal Law Collides: Application of the Equal Access to Justice Act in Bankruptcy By Steven J. Boyajian and Andrew A. DePeau The Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) provides litigants with the right to recover attorneys’ fees and costs after prevailing on claims

11th Circuit Jan 10, 2023

Dubious Eleventh Circuit Opinion Permits Collateral Attack on Final Confirmation Order

Although the chapter 13 confirmation order was concededly final and enforceable, the appeals court set aside a plan provision modifying a residential mortgage.
Supreme Court Jan 13, 2023

Supreme Court to Hear Two More Bankruptcy Cases This Term

The high court will decide whether a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause and whether Section 106 abrogates sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.

Here Yesterday, Gone Today: No Authority to Confirm a Modified Chapter 13 Plan Longer than 60 Months After the Expiration of § 1329(d)

Here Yesterday, Gone Today: No Authority to Confirm a Modified Chapter 13 Plan Longer than 60 Months After the Expiration of § 1329(d) By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Don F. Mago The appearance and disappearance just over two years later of § 1329(d) of the Bankruptcy

Benchnotes February 2023

Benchnotes By Aaron M. Kaufman, Bradley D. Pack and Christina Sanfelippo Multiple Affiliates: Every Action Taken for the Collective Estates Does Not Have to Be Good for Each Debtor Complex chapter 11 cases rarely involve a single debtor entity. Indeed, virtually every