August 3, 2022
If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.
August 2, 2022
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Two or three years from now, the Tenth Circuit may have a chance to agree or disagree with the Fifth Circuit on an important question under Section 544(b).
August 1, 2022
Jury instructions and a special verdict form can determine whether issue preclusion automatically results in nondischargeability.
July 29, 2022
Congress left a gap in the statute for perfecting a tax lien on personal property against someone who has no ascertainable residence.
July 28, 2022
With little authority one way or the other, lower courts are split on whether Social Security benefits lose their exemption if withheld and later paid as a tax refund.
July 27, 2022
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
An adverse inference sanction for spoliation of evidence is reviewed for abuse of discretion by the district court after withdrawal of the reference.
July 26, 2022
A shipment received by a debtor within 20 days of filing gives the creditor both an administrative claim and a new value defense to a preference, the Eleventh Circuit says.
July 25, 2022
FERC tried the patience of the Fifth Circuit by arguing again that the agency can bar a chapter 11 debtor from rejecting a filed-rate contract.
July 22, 2022
When a secured lender credit bids, a buyer’s premium can be a legitimate surcharge against the lender’s collateral, Judge Rodriguez says.
July 21, 2022
Splitting with the Ninth Circuit, the First Circuit holds that claims under the Takings Clause cannot be discharged in a municipal bankruptcy.