What is Rule 523 in bankruptcy?

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

Even ‘Void’ Transfers May Sail into the Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors

On the heels of our last client alert on bankruptcy safe-harbor case law developments, yet another court has reemphasized the breadth of ...
JD Supra

Equity Won’t Save You: Bankruptcy Court Rules that Principles of Equity Cannot be Used to Extend the Deadline to File a Dischargeability Complaint

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 ...
Law

Perishable Goods and the Bankruptcy Code: Things Are Getting Personal

An individual in control of a company that purchases perishable agricultural goods can be held personally liable when the seller is not paid by the bankrupt company. In Michael Farms v. Lundgren (In ...
TMCnet

Washington Business Journals reports Brian Ferdinand Files Protective Federal Action to Preserve Statutory Rights Under Bankruptcy Code Section 502(b)(6)

Washington Business Journals reports that Brian Ferdinand has initiated a protective federal filing under the United States Bankruptcy Code to preserve access, if required, to the statutory ...
Law

Second Circuit Rules 300 Lawsuits Brought by Liquidator for Offshore Madoff Feeder Fund Barred by Bankruptcy Code

The Second Circuit ruled that U.S. bankruptcy safe harbors, like Section 546(e), apply internationally in foreign insolvency cases. It confirmed that offshore payments made in securities transactions ...
Reuters

Labor issues to be major focus of bankruptcy code hearings

(Reuters) - Labor and benefits will be central issues in a host of public hearings on possible major changes in U.S. bankruptcy rules, a commission overseeing the process said on Monday. The fate of ...

Brett Kavanaugh breaks with Supreme Court over bankruptcy loophole case

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have agreed to hear a bankruptcy case that the Court majority declined to take up ...
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Canacol Energy Filed for Relief Under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

TORONTO, Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canacol Energy Ltd. (CNE:CA) (OTCQX: CNNEF) (BVC: CNE.C) (“Canacol” or the “Company”), announces that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries filed for ...