Rochelle's Daily Wire

An ambiguous demand letter violated the discharge injunction, but the lender was not held in contempt in light of Taggart.

A debt that’s been paid in full under state law is discharged even if the debtor never receives a discharge, Judge Klein says.

Ninth Circuit BAP says that payment of a secured claim in full automatically terminates the underlying lien, even if the plan doesn’t say so explicitly.

Third Circuit also holds that turnover in Section 542(a) is not automatic. The debtor must mount an adversary proceeding to obtain a turnover of property.

State attorney general was allowed to intervene in a class suit alleging that a lender violated usury laws.

A subsequent transferee may be entitled to challenge a fraudulent transfer judgment from a prior suit against the initial transferee.

Section 362(k) creates a private right of action that may be maintained even after dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy, the Third Circuit says.

The debtors didn’t have a great case for a stay violation after filing six chapter 13 petitions and living rent-free for five years.

Fifth Circuit panel does not interpret recent Supreme Court authority as overruling circuit opinions allowing bankruptcy courts to disregard arbitration agreements.

Negotiating a prepackaged asbestos plan and having been paid by the debtor does not disqualify a future claimants’ representative under the disinterestedness standard.