‘Treasury Offset Program’ Can’t Be Used After Bankruptcy, Judge Volk Rules
Bankruptcy Judge Volk, nominated for the district court, rules in favor of the debtor on a question dividing the courts.
Filing Tag-Team Bankruptcies Resulted in Suspension from Practice
Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.
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BAPCPA Limits Remedies Against Debtors Who Don’t Reaffirm or Surrender
Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.
Automatic Stay Applies to ‘Ordinary Course’ Litigation in Puerto Rico, Circuit Holds
First Circuit finds no exceptions to the automatic stay under PROMESA subjecting Puerto Rico to ‘ordinary course’ litigation.
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Benchnotes May 2019
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Seventh Circuit Bars Chapter 13 Plan from Conferring Immunity from Traffic Tickets
Judge Easterbrook pens another gem. Even if you don’t like the result, you gotta like the language.
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Adversary Proceeding to Enjoin FERC Remains in Bankruptcy Court
District judge won’t withdraw the reference when PG&E rejects power purchase agreements.
Statute of Limitations Wasn’t Tolled During Bankruptcy, Sixth Circuit Rules
Sanctions weren’t justified for attempting to collect a time-barred tax claim.
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