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January 29, 2023

Judge Neil Bason allows a chapter 11 debtor to distribute the proceeds from the sale of a cannabis business.

January 27, 2023

Bankruptcy Judge Gunn from D.C. sides with the majority to hold that “personal injury” does not require physical injury but may include reputational harm.

January 26, 2023

Courts are deeply split on a chapter 13 debtor’s ability to keep the appreciation in an exempt home, whether or not the case converts to chapter 7.

January 25, 2023

The Fourth Circuit sides with the Third on the Affordable Care Act’s ‘individual mandate.’ Majority says it was a tax measured by income, thus giving the IRS a priority tax claim.

January 23, 2023

Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook tersely held that the Supreme Court’s Barnhill opinion overruled prior Seventh Circuit precedent.

January 20, 2023

The first court of appeals to rule on a question where lower courts are split, the Tenth Circuit finds the statute unambiguous and requires a chapter 13 trustee to disgorge his or her fee if the case is dismissed before confirmation.

January 19, 2023

Although the chapter 13 confirmation order was concededly final and enforceable, the appeals court set aside a plan provision modifying a residential mortgage.

January 18, 2023

The high court will decide whether a real estate tax foreclosure can violate the Takings Clause and whether Section 106 abrogates sovereign immunity as to Native American tribes.

January 17, 2023

The Fair Credit Reporting Act doesn’t require credit reporting agencies to resolve disputed facts or law about the discharge of private student loans.

December 28, 2022

Wisconsin district judge implies that a chapter 13 debtor might obtain ‘derivative standing’ to avoid an unperfected mortgage.