Judge Properly Attached Strings to a Full-Payment Chapter 13 Plan
Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.
Stripped-Off Mortgages Don’t Count Toward Chapter 13 Unsecured Debt Limits
Ninth Circuit BAP removes another potential barrier to using “chapter 20.”
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Florida District Court Again Overrides the FDCPA on Time-Barred Claims
Lower courts continue ignoring the Eleventh Circuit’s policy statement on the FDCPA.
Ninth Circuit BAP Splits with Three Circuits on Dischargeablity of Tax Debts
Gutsy Ninth Circuit BAP importunes the Supreme Court to rule on late-filed tax returns.
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Second Circuit Charts a New Course Favoring Debtors on the FDCPA
Circuit split grows on the conflict between the Bankruptcy Code and the FDCPA.
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Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective
Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.
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Personal Guaranty Unimpaired by Company’s Chapter 11 Plan
Tenth Circuit bars crafty evasion of a personal guaranty.
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Vacation in New Orleans Is Grounds for Removing a Trustee for Cause
Fifth Circuit punts on case setting the standard for removal of a trustee for “cause.”
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Clinton Portis Owes Nearly $5 Million to Creditors
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House Passes Military Bankruptcy-Relief Bill
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