To shield bankruptcy trustees and certain other entities from litigation arising from actions taken in their official capacity, the "Barton doctrine"—now more than a century old—provides that such ...

On February 6, 2026, President Trump, after near unanimous support by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, signed into law the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025 (the ...

Drowning in debt? Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy could offer relief, but they work very differently.

A court-appointed trustee will sell off Daryl Heller’s assets to satisfy debts following a federal bankruptcy judge’s order this week to convert Heller’s personal bankruptcy case from a Chapter 11 ...

The prospects for troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse have gone from bad to worse this week after a United States Trustee filed an emergency motion on Wednesday. The trustee is asking to ...

Americans are in a tough spot right now when it comes to debt. According to the latest Household Debt and Credit Report, the total household debt hit $18.2 trillion in Q1 2025, and credit card ...

When a company files for Chapter 7 or Chapter 11, investors often lose out ...

Diamond's Chapter 7 Trustee Morgan W. Fisher's application to employ Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff, & Sitterson, P.A should have been rather simple.

The bankruptcy plan administrator for Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust (RMIT), the parent company of former industry lender Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF), has filed a court petition to convert from ...

The Great Freight Recession led to dozens of trucking, logistics, and shipping companies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...