Due Process Violations Can Be Waived by Inaction, Eleventh Circuit Says
Motion for reconsideration must be made promptly, or due process violation will evaporate.
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Eleventh Circuit Requires No Objection to Overturn a Final Confirmation Order
Split decision allows a lender to take property out of an estate automatically.
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Fuel Subcontractor Denied Maritime Lien by the Eleventh Circuit
Upcoming Second Circuit decision will say whether there’s a circuit split arising from the O.W. Bunker bankruptcy.
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Eleventh Circuit Joins Ninth in Allowing Appellate Counsel Fees for a Stay Violation
Circuit court broadly interprets fee shifting in Section 362(k) for a willful stay violation.
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Eleventh Circuit Approves Anti-Suit Injunction Protecting Non-Settling Defendant
Millennium-like third-party releases were approved without reaching constitutional issues.
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Fraudulent Transfer Defendant Can’t Waive a Trustee’s Right to a Jury Trial
Filing a proof of claim would have precluded a jury trial in a fraudulent transfer suit.
Disposable Income Does Not Include Voluntary Retirement Plan Contributions
A chapter 13 plan is in good faith even if retirement plan contributions are 10 times more than payments to creditors.
En Banc, Eleventh Circuit Narrows Applicability of Judicial Estoppel in Bankruptcy
Eleventh Circuit inveighs against harming innocent creditors by invoking judicial estoppel.
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Fraudulent Transfer of Fully Encumbered Property Isn’t Fraudulent in Georgia
A transfer of fully encumbered property isn’t a ‘transfer’ under UFTA, Georgia judge holds.
Florida Judge Narrowly Interprets Eleventh Circuit’s Failla Decision on Surrender
Decisions to surrender aren’t made in ‘perpetuity,’ Judge Isicoff holds.