February 10, 2022
Seventh Circuit says that costs incurred by disciplinary authorities are not in compensation for ‘actual pecuniary loss.’
February 1, 2022
Someone who commits fraud can’t be denied a discharge for that reason alone if the debtor kept accurate books and records of the fraud.
January 31, 2022
The opinion by Judge Silverstein contains numerous sound bites for judges and debtors aiming to discharge student loans owed by individuals living in desperate circumstances.
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
December 27, 2021
Lower courts are split on whether violating a PACA trust results in a nondischargeable debt. The question is on direct appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.
December 14, 2021
Interpreting the hanging paragraph in Section 523(a), the Ninth Circuit sticks to the Beard test in deciding whether something is close enough to a tax return to justify discharging a tax debt.
December 3, 2021
Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.
November 16, 2021
Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
November 9, 2021
The suggestion that the debtor never won undercut the poker player’s testimony about uncorroborated gambling losses.
October 22, 2021
Maryland district judge predicts that the Fourth Circuit would adopt a debtor-friendly rule more broadly discharging environmental claims when the acts occurred before chapter 11.
October 20, 2021
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.