November 3, 2022
Milwaukee district judge rules that bankruptcy does not cut off future liability on a personal guarantee issued before bankruptcy.
October 31, 2022
The IRS and Census methods for determining the size of a ‘household’ undercount or overcount economic realities, judge says.
October 28, 2022
The Ninth Circuit BAP interprets circuit authority as giving a chapter 13 debtor the absolute right to dismiss.
October 26, 2022
If tax foreclosures violate the Takings Clause, it stands to reason that they are also fraudulent transfers.
October 10, 2022
Joining the majority of courts, Judge Grossman says that the debtor’s conduct, not the identity of the holder of the claim, determines nondischargeability.
October 6, 2022
If a debtor owns property as a joint tenant with right of survivorship, the trustee has nothing to sell if the debtor dies.
October 3, 2022
Texas judge rules in favor of the debtor on an issue similar to the question coming before the Supreme Court in Bartenwerfer.
September 29, 2022
Judge Rosania answered a question left open by the Tenth Circuit in Barrera.
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
September 21, 2022
When disbursement depends on subsequent court approval, the transfer still occurs beforehand when the deposit was made in custodia legis.
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
September 12, 2022
Not reaching the merits, the Ninth Circuit nonetheless vacated a BAP decision because the case became moot during the appeal.