consumer Cases
May 5, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Scott Grossman adopted the analysis by Bankruptcy Judge Brian Walsh in concluding that creditors are entitled to notice of the claims bar date, not just notice of the filing.
May 1, 2025
1st Circuit , Maine ,
Bankruptcy Judge Michael Fagone permits dismissal of a chapter 13 case, but with a bar to refiling within two years.
April 29, 2025
The panel trustee had been found in state court to be a spousal abuser who lied in obtaining a Covid loan.
April 28, 2025
The debtors’ inequitable conduct didn’t relieve counsel of the duty to disclose fees charged for post-petition litigation.
April 25, 2025
A 2/1 decision required chapter 13 debtors to accelerate repayment of nondischargeable student loans.
April 24, 2025
Given that chapter 7 has remedies like denial of discharge for a debtor’s misconduct, bad faith in chapter 11 doesn’t allow dismissal on conversion to chapter 7.
April 8, 2025
10th Circuit , Colorado ,
Affirming Bankruptcy Judge Michael Romero, the district court holds that an exemption remains valid even though the exempt property remains subject to a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.
April 7, 2025
Wife who contributed nothing toward household expenses is still counted as part of the ‘household,’ Chicago’s Judge Slade says.
March 28, 2025
When estimated tax payments are ‘reasonable’ estimates of the year’s taxes, they aren’t fraudulent transfers, district judge says
March 26, 2025
Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black was affirmed in district court for holding that arbitration of claims for violating the automatic stay would conflict with the centrality of administration in bankruptcy cases.