June 11, 2018
3rd Circuit , Delaware ,
A waiver in a KERP is enforceable even if it violates state labor law, Judge Carey rules.
June 8, 2018
A creditor can’t have derivative standing if the trustee already sold the claim, BAP says.
June 7, 2018
Sympathy for a client won’t make up for counsel’s mistake.
June 6, 2018
To warrant ‘designation,’ a claim purchaser must have an ‘ulterior motive’ beyond self-interest.
June 5, 2018
Abstention can’t be used to peel off some claims from an adversary proceeding, the BAP says.
June 4, 2018
2nd Circuit , New York ,
Courts split on the dischargeability of debts incurred in the course of divorce or separation.
June 4, 2018
Section 502(b)(4) shields debtors from overreaching lawyers in a new context.
June 4, 2018
High court resolves a circuit split on Section 523(a)(2)(B) and the meaning of “financial condition.”
June 1, 2018
Lower courts split three ways on 401(k) contributions and the calculation of disposable income in chapter 13.
June 1, 2018
Ten years later, courts are still sorting out who’s liable for Old GM’s failure to disclose a known defect.