Self-Serve tier

11 USC §362 automatic stay scope, statutory exceptions, and relief-from-stay litigation for debtor counsel and creditor's counsel.

11 USC §1129 Chapter 11 plan confirmation — sixteen-element checklist, §1129(b) cramdown over rejecting impaired class, absolute priority rule, and new value corollary for debtor counsel and committee counsel.

Chapter 13 plan §1325 confirmation with Till v. SCS 541 US 465 prime-plus rate methodology, §1325(a)(5) secured cramdown, §1322(b)(2) lien-strip, and Bullard finality rule for debtor counsel and creditor counsel.

Chapter 7 vs 11 vs 13 chapter selection decision tree with §707(b) means test, debt-limit eligibility, and disposable-income analysis for debtor counsel.

11 USC §727 global discharge denial grounds and §523 specific debt-by-debt nondischargeability for trustees, creditor counsel, debtor counsel, and §523 plaintiffs.

11 USC §548 fraudulent transfer avoidance — actual vs constructive intent, 2-year reach, §544(b) state-law UVTA reach-back via Internal Revenue Service triangulation, and Husky Int'l v. Ritz §523(a)(2)(A) implications.

Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding 580 US 451 (2017) — structured dismissal that skips Bankruptcy Code priority distribution prohibited absent statutory authority. Applied to settlements, gifting, and dismissal posture.

11 USC §547 preference avoidance — 90-day reach, 1-year insider reach, and §547(c) ordinary-course/contemporaneous-exchange/new-value defenses for trustee, creditor counsel, and §547 defendants.

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma 603 US (2024) — nonconsensual third-party non-debtor releases prohibited under Bankruptcy Code; impact on mass-tort plans, opioid/sexual-abuse cases, and consensual-release drafting.

11 USC §363 sales free and clear of liens under §363(f), credit-bid rights under §363(k), good-faith purchaser protection §363(m), and stalking-horse bid protections for debtor counsel, secured creditors, and asset buyers.

Stern v. Marshall 564 US 462 Article III bankruptcy court jurisdictional limits, core/non-core distinction under 28 USC §157, and Wellness Int'l v. Sharif 575 US 665 consent doctrine for litigation strategy.

Subchapter V Small Business Reorganization Act eligibility under 11 USC §1182, $7,500,000 debt cap (CARES Act expansion + 2024 update timing), trustee role, and 90-day plan deadline for small-business debtor counsel.

11 USC §363(a) cash collateral definition, §363(c)(2) consent or court-authorized use, §361 adequate-protection mechanisms (cash payments, replacement liens, indubitable equivalent), and §507(b) superpriority for failed adequate protection.

FRBP 3001(e) claims-transfer mechanics, rule 3001(e)(2) evidence-of-transfer filing, FRBP 2019 ad hoc committee disclosures, and KPI / hold-back trade documentation for distressed-debt funds and claims traders.

11 USC §1129(b) cramdown — "fair and equitable" requirement by class type (secured / unsecured / equity), absolute priority rule, new-value exception, and creditor objection mechanics for impaired-class confirmation.

11 USC §363(k) credit-bid right for secured creditors in §363(b) sales, RadLAX confirmation that cramdown plans cannot deny credit bid, Fisker / Free Lance-Star "for cause" limitation cases, and stalking-horse credit-bid mechanics.

11 USC §364(c) and §364(d) DIP financing structuring — superpriority administrative expense, priming-lien protection requiring adequate-protection showing, roll-ups, milestones, and challenge-period rights for DIP lender counsel and pre-petition secured creditor counsel.

11 USC §1125 disclosure statement adequate-information standard, FRBP 3017 hearing procedure, conditional approval in subchapter V, valuation-disclosure adequacy, and creditor objection grounds for plan-vote integrity.

11 USC §510(c) equitable subordination — Mobile Steel three-prong test (inequitable conduct, harm, consistency with Code), insider vs. non-insider standards, lender-control liability, and recharacterization (debt to equity) analysis.

Make-whole / yield-maintenance premium enforceability in bankruptcy — Momentive (2d Cir. 2017) and Energy Future Holdings (3d Cir. 2016) split, automatic-acceleration analysis, §502(b)(2) unmatured interest, and indenture drafting for noteholder counsel.

11 USC §362(d) motion for relief from automatic stay — cause for lack of adequate protection §362(d)(1), no equity plus no effective reorganization §362(d)(2), single-asset real estate §362(d)(3), and serial-filer bad-faith remedies for secured creditors and lessors.

11 USC §506(a) secured claim bifurcation, valuation methodology under Rash, §1111(b) election to preserve full claim, and Till cramdown rate analysis for secured-creditor counsel defending collateral value and lien position.

Substantive consolidation of debtor entities — Augie/Restivo two-prong test (entanglement / creditor reliance), Owens Corning Third Circuit standard, asset / liability pooling, and intercompany-claim treatment for creditor counsel.

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma (2024) — third-party non-debtor releases prohibited absent affected creditor consent under Bankruptcy Code; consensual-release mechanics, opt-in / opt-out doctrine, and structuring alternatives for creditor counsel post-Purdue.