In a recent decision that highlights a key circuit split, Bankruptcy Judge Patricia M. Mayer of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that equitable powers under Section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy ...

Rule 523 dictates the debts you can't erase through bankruptcy (and the list might surprise you).

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the ...

In its decision, the court maintained that the equitable powers of bankruptcy courts were sufficiently broad to subordinate a claim (even a claim that arose under 502(h)) on equitable grounds under ...

While Chapter 11 does not require debtor insolvency, it does require good faith (applicable to the petition and the plan), which for solvent ...