Rochelle's Daily Wire

Law v. Siegel didn’t bar bankruptcy courts from invoking doctrines of claim and issue preclusion, the Ninth Circuit says.

Having a family member in the home who made a formal request for legal residence will suffice to permit a Florida homestead exemption, Judge Jennemann said.

Courts are split on whether having nondischargeable debts gives an individual chapter 7 debtor standing to object to claims.

Judge Colton decided that class claims aren’t prohibited in Subchapter V cases but didn’t allow a class claim in the case before her.

A jury should decide whether a credit-reporting agency was negligent by not examining court records to determine whether a debt had been discharged.

Manhattan’s Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane requires a record in the foreign proceeding showing that third-party releases are in accord with foreign law.

Seventh Circuit says that Fulton left open the question of whether holding an impounded car violates Sections 362(a)(4) or (a)(6).

Despite several errors about the safe harbor, the government recommends that the Supreme Court deny certiorari in Tribune.

Fee allowances aren’t made with the benefit of hindsight, the Fifth Circuit says.

Car owners lost in Fulton but won when a Chicago district judge affirmed and ruled that debtors may avoid judicial liens on impounded cars.