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January 9, 2020

A debtor with a law degree but only $37,500 in gross annual income was permitted to discharge more than $220,000 in student loans.

January 7, 2020

The Supreme Court’s Merit Management opinion fails to persuade the Second Circuit to change the result in Tribune.

January 3, 2020

A contempt hearing fell under the ‘criminal’ exception to the automatic stay, but jailing a debtor to coerce payment of a prepetition debt violated the stay, Judge Grossman ruled.

December 9, 2019

New York intermediate appellate courts are split on critical questions about the ‘start date’ for the statute of limitations on mortgage foreclosure.

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.

September 17, 2019

Discovery abuse in a prior lawsuit can result in nondischargeability in a later bankruptcy.

September 10, 2019

Defendants in lawsuits by Lehman Brothers are stuck in bankruptcy court until the cases are ready for a jury trial.

July 31, 2019

Judge Garrity in New York adopts a narrow view of ‘commercial information’ that may be redacted in a court filing.
Judge Garrity in New York adopts a narrow view of ‘commercial information’ that may be redacted in a court filing.

July 30, 2019

There is no prohibited double recovery from multiple defendants, the appeals courts says, until the trustee has recovered cash equaling the value of the fraudulently transferred property.