Rochelle's Daily Wire

The inability to modify a Section 524(a) discharge put the Ninth Circuit BAP in a bind.

A firm wasn’t disqualified when attorneys who left the firm long ago had represented an adversary in a possibly similar engagement.

Although there wasn’t ‘good cause’ to excuse late service of a summons and complaint, the bankruptcy court salvaged a large preference by exercising discretion and granting a 10-day expansion of the 90-day deadline.

Seventh Circuit holds that comparative fault requires a reduction in compensatory damages for a discharge violation but not for a debtor’s attorneys’ fees.

Selling a debtor’s claims must be structured to avoid champerty under state law.

Coney Island is a bankruptcy case, but the question is whether there is a time limit for a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to set aside a judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

If state law prohibits assertion of the homestead exemption in tax foreclosure and the debtor can’t take federal exemptions, does the debtor lack standing to set aside a fraudulent transfer?

When creditors have been paid in full, a trustee may pursue fraudulent transfers for the benefit of defrauded equity holders, Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt says.

Granfinanciera tells us to study English law from the 18th century in deciding when there’s a right to a jury trial in bankruptcy cases.

The circuits are split on whether equity can extend the 60-day deadline for filing dischargeability complaints.