Recent events have made me wonder, what exactly can I do for a previously filed client (previous filer) who walks into the door and wants to file a new bankruptcy case?
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Courts have recently been wrestling with, and finding creative ways of interpreting, the un-numbered “hanging paragraph” at the end of 11 U.S.C. §1325(a) in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA).
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First Case Interpreting a Debtor’s Creative Use of IRS Expense Allowances Disallows the “Double Dip”
If the trustee or an unsecured creditor objects to the debtor’s plan, the court may not approve it unless it provides that all of the debtor’s projected disposable income for either a three-or five-year period, depending on the debtor’s
Buyers of claims in bankruptcy have long feared that their claims (including syndicated bank loan claims) may be tarnished by the conduct of a previous owner. Standard legal documentation used to purchase claims strives to protect buyers from "bad actors" in the upstream chain of title.
Fairness opinions, the opinion of a financial advisor that the price of a prospective transaction is fair from a financial point of view, have been in the news recently for several reasons. The controversy involves conflicts of interest between providers of fairness opinions and other parties involved in the transactions.
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