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Post date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

As attorneys are aware, the debtor almost always wants to keep a vehicle when filing a chapter 13 case. Then, post-confirmation, the debtor’s income changes, the vehicle has engine problems or the debtor hits a deer, and the debtor wants to give the vehicle back to the creditor and get a different one.

Post date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018

While a split among the circuits continues to persist with respect to whether the Bankruptcy Code permits a “ride-through” option in the context of a chapter 7 debtor’s statement of intention, the U.S.

Post date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018

[1]Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling[2] is the last of three bankruptcy cases to be heard and decided on the U.S.

Post date: Saturday, February 03, 2018

In Slater v. U.S. Steel Corp,[1] the Eleventh Circuit recently revisited its past rulings on judicial estoppel and revamped the standard to be applied when a debtor is pursuing a lawsuit that was not disclosed in bankruptcy.

Post date: Wednesday, November 08, 2017

[1]An important component of chapter 7 bankruptcy is the discharge of debts.[2] Congress excepted from this “fresh start” certain types of debts, including those involving fraud and deceit.[3] In Privitera v.

Post date: Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Creditors contemplating an objection to discharge proceeding pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 523(a)(2)(A)’s fraud provision often think that a judgment in a prior state court action will automatically entitle them to judgment in bankruptcy court. Prior to reaching such conclusions, however, creditors should be mindful of several potential pitfalls.

Post date: Wednesday, November 08, 2017
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Matthew D. Skeen Jr.

Of all the topics that is sure to incite impassioned disagreement in our current age of partisan disunity, the issue of guns must be near to the top of the list. While some see guns as a uniquely American scourge leaving untold tragedy and carnage in their wake, others view the right to keep and bear arms as the foundation of liberty and the only insurance against tyrannical government.

Post date: Thursday, August 24, 2017

In April of 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Ocwen Financial Corporation (Ocwen) and its affiliates for supposed systematic deficiencies in their mortgage servicing business.

Post date: Monday, August 07, 2017

In all bulk legal practices, there is a concept of a case that is “off the wheel”: a case that cannot be processed through the system in an orderly, cost-effective and efficient manner along with the hundreds of similar cases. Anyone having a bulk practice will tell you that an off-the-wheel case necessarily draws attention to itself; it requires greater overview and inquiry.

Post date: Monday, August 07, 2017

[1]Creditors may attack a debtor’s discharge in two ways: by objecting to the debtor’s discharge in toto, or by objecting to the dischargeability of a particular debt.[2] Both require an adversary complaint.[3]

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Mr. Jeffrey S. Fraser
Co-Chair
Albertelli Law
Lake Worth, FL
(954) 647-0691

Mr. Patrick Hruby
Co-Chair
Brock & Scott, PLLC
Tampa, FL
(813) 342-2200

Mr. Daryl J. Smith, Esq.
Communications Manager
Chapter 13 Trustee Office
Shreveport, LA
(318) 673-8244

Mr. Jeffrey S. Fraser
Special Projects Leader
Albertelli Law
Lake Worth, FL
(954) 647-0691

Mr. Ari David Kunofsky
Special Projects Leader
Alexandria, VA
(202) 353-5264

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