Margaret L. Kinney, Petitioner v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

21-599

October 14, 2022
Alex Jones' Billion-Dollar Penance, Puerto Rico Prunes Debt

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' podcast company is headed toward Chapter 11 mediation after a $965 million defamation damages judgment, Puerto Rico takes another step in restructuring the island's public debt, and the U.S. Supreme Court remanded issues over an increase in trustee fees to the Second Circuit. This is the week in bankruptcy.
October 11, 2022
Justices Won't Hear HSBC Debtor's Ch. 13 Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a case rebutting a bankruptcy court's decision not to allow a Chapter 13 debtor to make up missed payments to HSBC after the expiration of a five-year payment plan.
August 31, 2022
Solicitor General Asks Justices To Skip Ch. 13 Dismissal Fight

The U.S. Solicitor General has advised the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a case in which a bankruptcy judge refused to let a Chapter 13 debtor make up missed payments following the expiration of their five-year payment plan, saying the question of whether bankruptcy judges have the authority to do so has not been litigated enough.
March 07, 2022
High Court Wants Gov't Input On Ch. 13 Payments Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the solicitor general to weigh in on a request that it find bankruptcy judges have the discretion to allow Chapter 13 debtors to make up payment defaults after the payment dates in their bankruptcy plans have passed.