Claim of Homestead Exemption Fails because Debtor Vacated the Marital Home (due to Divorce)
In re St. Laurent, 2022 BNH 002 (sustaining the chapter 7 trustee’s objection to the debtor’s claim of a homestead… Read More »
Category: Bankruptcy
Stay Termination under 11 USC 362(c)(1) and 554(d) prohibits Reconsideration of MFR Denial–Nice Try
In re Piandes, Bk. No. 22-10210-MAF (Bankr. D.N.H. Aug. 18, 2022) (denying debtor’s motion seeking reconsideration of the court’s order… Read More »
The Familiar “Lodestar” Method-Automatic Stay Violation Analysis of Attorney’s Fee Awards
Pope v. U.S. Bank, et al. (In re Pope), 2023 BNH 002 (applying the lodestar method to determine plaintiff counsel’s… Read More »
Bed Bath & Beyond Finally succumbs to Poor In-Store and On-Line Sales
Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday, after last-minute attempts to keep the company afloat failed. The… Read More »
Supreme Court Holds 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) Isn’t Jurisdictional; It’s a Limitation on Appellate Relief
MOAC MALL HOLDINGS, LLC vs. TRANSFORM HOLDCO, LLC, (22-1270, Supreme. Ct. April 19, 2023) Reversing the Second Circuit, the… Read More »
SubChapter V Election under Bankruptcy Rule 1020(b) for Corporate Conglomerates….You Go First.
In re Free Speech Systems, LLC, 22-60043 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. March 31, 2023) Writing in a high-profile case, Bankruptcy Judge… Read More »
California Dreaming…of In re Love and Student Loan Discharges under 11 USC 523(a)(8)
Love vs. U.S. (In re Love), 21-02045 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. April 5, 2023) Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Klein decried the… Read More »
Ch 11–Opt In or Opt Out, Delaware’s Take
In re Arsenal Intermediate Holdings LLC, 23-10097 (Bankr. D. Del. March 27, 2023) Delaware Judge Explores the Theories Behind ‘Opt-In’… Read More »
DISCOUNT LOAN PURCHASER WINS CONTRACTUAL, DEFAULT INTEREST AS AN OVER-SECURED CREDITOR UNDER 11 U.S.C. § 506(B)
Affirming Bankruptcy Judge Julia A. Manning, a district judge in Connecticut upheld an award of “default interest” to a secured… Read More »
Where do I file my UCC again?
Although the creditor filed a UCC-1 Financing Statement in the State of New Hampshire prior to the bankruptcy petition, it… Read More »
