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July 7, 2025

To limit the amount of a homestead exemption under Section 522(q)(1)(B)(ii), the fraud must have occurred after the debtor became a fiduciary.

July 2, 2025

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

June 30, 2025

Once a chapter 13 plan is confirmed, a debtor in the Sixth Circuit may not surrender collateral and treat the deficiency as an unsecured claim.

June 26, 2025

In California, bringing litigation with a marginal possibility of success could be a bad bet whenever a contract permits one side to recover attorneys’ fees.

June 25, 2025

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

June 18, 2025

A BAP decision raises the question of whether Ninth Circuit authority has been implicitly overruled by Supreme Court decisions.

June 17, 2025

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

June 13, 2025

Judge Hoffman explains when objections are or aren’t required for exemptions covering ‘100% of FMV’ under the current form 106C.

June 9, 2025

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?

June 4, 2025

To liquidate an underwater lender’s collateral, there must be a carveout giving unsecured creditors a ‘meaningful distribution.’

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