Split Widens on Dischargeability for Third Party’s Violation of Securities Laws
Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
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Judge Barnes Tells Gamblers What Records to Keep to Win a Discharge in Bankruptcy
The suggestion that the debtor never won undercut the poker player’s testimony about uncorroborated gambling losses.
Education, Justice Depts. Reconsidering Stance on Fighting Student Loan Borrowers in Bankruptcy
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Fourth Circuit Would Discharge CERCLA Claims if Pollution Occurred Before Filing
Maryland district judge predicts that the Fourth Circuit would adopt a debtor-friendly rule more broadly discharging environmental claims when the acts occurred before chapter 11.
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Capped Landlord Claim Can Also Be Nondischargeable, Eighth Circuit Says
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.
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Bad Faith Permits Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Case with Conditions, Judge Waites Says
Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.
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