Bandi v. Becnel (In re Bandi), 683 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 2012)

Acceptance Loan Co. v. S. White Transp., Inc. (In re S. White Transp., Inc.), 473 B.R. 695 (S.D. Miss. 2012) –

In S. White Transportation, by remaining silent until after confirmation, a mortgagee managed to retain its lien notwithstanding the debtor’s attempt to discharge it through a plan of reorganization.

Williams v. City of Milwaukee City Clerk (In re Williams), 473 B.R. 307 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2012) –

Kline v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co. (In re Kline), 172 B.R. 98 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2012) –

In re D’Mello, 473 B.R. 207 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2011) –

Olsen v. Heaver (In re Heaver), 473 B.R. 734 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2012) –

The short story is that when a deed and mortgage are executed at the same time, but the mortgage is recorded before the deed, the recorded mortgage does not provide constructive notice and can be avoided in a bankruptcy – at least under Illinois law as interpreted by the Heaver bankruptcy court.

In an important recent decision, United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al.,1 in which Pepper represented the prevailing party, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that supplemental unemployment compensation benefits (SUB payments) paid by a bankrupt company to its former employees were not wages subject to taxation under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).

Reynolds v. Rushton, 473 B.R. 436 (D. Utah 2012) –

Scotiabank De Puerto Rico v. Brito (In re Plaza Resort at Palmas), 469 B.R. 398 (B.A.P. 1st Cir. 2012) –

In re 785 Partners LLC, 470 B.R. 126 (S.D.N.Y. Bankr. 2012) –