Bill Rochelle

Third Circuit Has a New Whittaker Opinion on Jurisdiction and Successor Liability Claims. ow.ly/UoZ950YTwUN

Hanging Paragraph Doesn’t Prevent Lowering the Interest Rate on a ‘910’ Loan. ow.ly/eG9o50YSPML

Alleged Fraudsters in China Can’t Evade Chapter 15 in the U.S. to Assist the BVI. ow.ly/Mv6850YS3PP

Compensation Can Sometimes Be Allowed in the Absence of a Retention Order. ow.ly/Z2fl50YR9vo

A Case Need Not Be Reopened to File a Complaint to Revoke Discharge. ow.ly/Bhro50YQM3i

Ninth Circuit Majority Says Emotional Distress Damages Survived Taggart. ow.ly/f8gK50YOCn3

Eleventh Circuit Highlights the Difference Between a Release and a Covenant Not to Sue. ow.ly/JYUG50YO9XU

Second Circuit Has Two Opt-In/Opt-Out Appeals on Nondebtor Releases. ow.ly/xfLl50YNCGm

Denial of Discharge Doesn’t Moot a Dischargeability Complaint or End Jurisdiction. ow.ly/zuMS50YMPgw

Surrendering Property in Chapter 13 Doesn’t Insulate a Debtor from Future Liability. ow.ly/jJb150YMmKf

Appealing Confirmation of a Chapter 13 Plan Isn’t Equitably Moot, Fourth Circuit Says. ow.ly/NWnm50YJZFJ

Judge Bentley Synthesizes Law on the Allowance of Contractual Default Rates of Interest. abi.org/newsroom/daily…

Narrowing Wagoner, Second Circuit Says Trustees Have Standing for Alter Ego Claims. ow.ly/5EOf50YGJIt

Debtor’s Voluntary Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Case Won’t Evade Sanctions for Misconduct. ow.ly/VY4L50YFU8v

Exemption Waiver Doesn’t Prevent Avoiding Judicial Liens that Impair Exemptions. ow.ly/58kh50YFgyM

Nondebtor Releases Are Still Permissible in Chapter 15, Delaware District Judge Says. abi.org/newsroom/daily…

Merchant cash advances carried effective annual percentage rates of 427.9% and 348.3%. ow.ly/81Rx50YCYO8

In a nonprecedential opinion, the Fifth Circuit concludes that a chapter 7 trustee’s commissions are not based on distributions to equity holders, even when creditors are paid in full. ow.ly/Bi6I50YCF3t

The prohibition in Section 326(a) to calculating a chapter 11 trustee’s commission on distributions to the debtor does not apply when creditors are paid in full and a distribution goes to equity security holders. ow.ly/Ag2l50YC0iG

The Section 522(g) preclusion of an exemption on fraudulently transferred property only applies if the trustee recovers the property. ow.ly/zloI50YBwTA