consumer Cases
December 6, 2017
Circuit court broadly interprets fee shifting in Section 362(k) for a willful stay violation.
December 5, 2017
Splitting with the Sixth Circuit, the Tenth Circuit BAP does not require equity to claim a homestead exemption.
December 4, 2017
Judges uses Section 329(a) to vacate a contingency lien for more than the value of the lawyer’s services.
December 4, 2017
Fifth Circuit held that wages garnished within 90 days of bankruptcy are preferences.
December 1, 2017
Arizona debtor left homeless despite Bankruptcy Rule 1009(a).
November 29, 2017
Status of claims for overpayment of domestic support obligations begs for appellate review.
November 28, 2017
Opinion traces the thousand-year history of wedding and engagement rings.
November 27, 2017
Estate property must be formally abandoned before the power of sale reverts to the debtor.
November 24, 2017
Student loan lender’s argument was ‘preposterous,’ judge says.
November 21, 2017
Split grows on whether ‘substantial contribution’ claims are limited to chapters 9 and 11.