August 2, 2021
Ninth Circuit BAP doesn’t require a formal motion to dismiss with prejudice when a debtor files a voluntary motion to dismiss as of right under Section 1307(b).
July 29, 2021
Tenth Circuit splits with the Third and Seventh Circuits on allowing a debtor to cure defaults after a five-year plan has ended.
July 26, 2021
If the complaint was properly plead, a general default judgment might invoke issue preclusion to bar discharge of a debt.
July 22, 2021
Citing Ritzen as the reason, the Eleventh Circuit disagreed with the Second Circuit regarding the finality of Rule 2004 discovery orders in chapter 15 cases.
July 21, 2021
Judge Hoffman sets up Sixth Circuit to opine on the circuit split regarding the constitutionality of the 2018 increase in fees for the U.S. Trustee system.
July 16, 2021
Actual notice is required even for contingent liabilities not shown on financial statements, the Sixth Circuit holds.
July 13, 2021
Madoff defendant socked with $280,000 in prejudgment interest for relitigating issues decided long ago.
July 12, 2021
Increasingly, courts are allowing defunct corporations to proceed under the SBRA while individual owners of defunct businesses aren’t being treated as small business debtors in chapter 11.
July 6, 2021
Judge Harner does the best she can to ease the burden imposed on a debtor by student loans.
4th Circuit , Maryland ,
July 2, 2021
In Pennsylvania, a gaming license isn’t ‘property.’ It’s a revocable license that can’t be owned.