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April 9, 2019

Circuits are split on whether a collection letter only violates the FDCPA if it contains an explicit threat to sue.

April 8, 2019

Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.

April 5, 2019

Following dicta in Bellingham, Judge Collins finds no power to enter a final order in a fraudulent transfer suit against a defendant who did not consent.
Following dicta in Bellingham, Judge Collins finds no power to enter a final order in a fraudulent transfer suit against a defendant who did not consent.

April 4, 2019

Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.
Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.

April 3, 2019

Judges Pappas and Teel permit avoidance actions for small amounts to be prosecuted in the debtors’ bankruptcy courts.
Judges Pappas and Teel permit avoidance actions for small amounts to be prosecuted in the debtors’ bankruptcy courts.

April 2, 2019

Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.