Fourth and Third Circuits Give Priority to Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Penalty
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.
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Supreme Court to Hear Two More Bankruptcy Cases This Term
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.
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Tribal Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy Gets Supreme Court Hearing
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Ninth Circuit Splits on Avoiding and Preserving a Lien on Exempt Property
The Ninth Circuit dissenter interpreted the statute to mean that the debtor must pay a tax lien twice if the lien was avoided and preserved.
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Virgin Islands’ $150 Million Propane Fight Clouds Solar Plans
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Justices Debate State Law Opening Courts to Suits Against Corporations
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Differences Between Judicial and Statutory Liens Explained by Judge Heston
Only judicial liens that impair exemptions may be avoided under Section 522(f)(1).
Sixth Circuit Holds that Tax Foreclosure Violates the Takings Clause of the Constitution
If tax foreclosures violate the Takings Clause, it stands to reason that they are also fraudulent transfers.
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It’s Virtually Impossible to Waive Discharge as an Affirmative Defense, Judge Tucker Says
Waiting four years to raise discharge as a defense does not invoke equitable estoppel or laches.