December 4, 2019
Eighth Circuit was compelled to overrule its own precedent that permitted the bankruptcy court to bar a debtor from amending schedules based on bad faith.
December 3, 2019
Fifth Circuit upholds its prior ruling that disallowing part of a claim under the Bankruptcy Code does not render the claim ‘impaired’ to allow voting on a chapter 11 plan.
December 2, 2019
To avoid liability for an underfunded pension plan, the First Circuit describes a structure for investors to employ when buying a sick company
November 27, 2019
Chapter 13 forces judges to micromanage the lives of debtors.
November 26, 2019
Claiming a firearm is owned for defense of the household raises the odds that the gun will be exempt as household goods.
November 25, 2019
Someone forced into bankruptcy on account of medical bills will also be forced into chapter 13.
November 22, 2019
The claim of a member of a creditors’ committee was subordinated because she evaded disclosure that her claims would consume the entire estate.
November 21, 2019
Court weighs the relative advantages of receivership versus bankruptcy in deciding whether to bar the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy.
November 20, 2019
The ‘fugitive disentitlement doctrine’ does not allow a federal court to dismiss an appeal because of a fugitive’s contempt of a state court order, the First Circuit rules.
November 19, 2019
9th Circuit , Oregon ,
A bankruptcy judge can afford little relief from student loans, even for sympathetic debtors who try hard to repay their debts.