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Non-Creditor was Entitled to Actual Notice of A Chapter 11 Plan’s Injunction Barring Suits Against Insurance Carriers

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A federal district judge recently affirmed a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that a non-creditor was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ insurance carriers. In re Boy...more

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Ninth Circuit Declines To Decide When Contempt Sanction Becomes Punishment

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Bankruptcy courts have authority to hold in civil contempt one who refuses to comply with a bankruptcy court order, including incarceration and/or daily fines until the offender complies. But when does civil contempt cross...more

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Delaware District Court Dismisses Appeal by Creditors’ Committee After Case is Converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7

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The Bankruptcy Code provides for the appointment of a creditors’ committee in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. See 11 U.S.C. § 1102. There is no parallel provision applicable to chapter 7 cases. When a bankruptcy case is...more

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