consumer Cases
February 5, 2020
First Circuit rules that an order finding a stay violation must be appealed before the bankruptcy court grants an award of attorneys’ fees.
February 3, 2020
Michigan judges disagree about the court’s ability to consider Social Security benefits in deciding whether a chapter plan was proposed in good faith.
January 28, 2020
The Supreme Court has ducked the split twice in recent years but should tackle the question this time around.
January 27, 2020
Sixth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims for reverse veil piercing and reverse alter ego.
January 24, 2020
Courts are split on the question of whether the incorporation of AAA rules by reference allows arbitrators to decide threshold questions of arbitrability and validity of an agreement to arbitrate.
January 21, 2020
Courts are split on whether creditors in chapter 13 are entitled to the postpetition appreciation in a debtor’s property.
January 17, 2020
A creditor lost a dischargeability suit by failing to call the right witnesses to prove that a lawyer’s trust account was used to hide assets.
January 15, 2020
A later First Circuit BAP panel should follow BAP authority unless the prior opinion seems “dead wrong.”
January 13, 2020
Even though the debtor defaulted, Judge Christopher Klein held a trial and ruled that the lender had not relied on a false loan application.
January 10, 2020
A nonprecedential opinion applies Fifth Circuit authority to achieve a result that’s equitable for the debtor and creditors, and maybe also for a personal injury defendant.