Rochelle's Daily Wire

Dissenter in the Ninth Circuit says that utilizing provisions in the Bankruptcy Code is not bad faith barring confirmation.

Judge Grossman finds a way to grant allowances of compensation for services performed before the entry of a retention order.

A judicial lien may be avoided under Section 522(f) only if the lien attached after the debtor acquired the property.

The Ninth Circuit may be backing off from Ybarra, a case that waives discharge for attorneys’ fees if the debtor ‘returns to the fray.’

Judge Shefferly writes a complicated opinion on the retroactivity of the HAVEN Act to cases filed prior to enactment.

The exaction for failure to purchase health insurance isn’t an excise tax ‘on a transaction’ under Section 507(a)(8)(E)(i).

Unemployed for 16 months, surviving on food stamps, and living rent-free enabled a debtor to discharge student loans.

Courts are split on whether a personal guaranty survives bankruptcy.

The Ninth Circuit BAP closed a loophole that would have allowed a recipient of public assistance benefits to discharge a debt for overpayment.

Trustees in chapter 12 fare better than chapter 13 trustees if a case is dismissed before confirmation.