Rochellel's Daily Wire

January 09, 2018

Alabama District Judge Remains Antagonistic Toward Discharging Student Loans

ICRPs are always a factor in discharging student loans.

11th Circuit, Alabama, Alabama Middle District

January 09, 2018

Update: The Justices May Hear Another Bankruptcy Case, but Not Sunnyslope

Odds have risen that the high court will decide whether an oral statement about one asset is a statement of ‘financial condition’ that must be in writing.

Supreme Court

January 08, 2018

Bankruptcy Courts Aren’t ‘Courts’ and Don’t Have Power to Transfer

Don’t stretch bankruptcy jurisdiction when the statute of limitations is about to expire.

3rd Circuit, Delaware

January 05, 2018

Third Circuit Narrowly Interprets Delaware Fraudulent Transfer Law

Venezuela let off the hook for expropriating assets.

3rd Circuit

January 05, 2018

Third-Party Releases Are Permissible in Theory, Minneapolis Judge Says

Judge issues a tongue-lashing for a three-year reorganization that rewards lawyers but pays nothing so far to sexual abuse claimants.

8th Circuit, Minnesota

January 04, 2018

Chicago Judge Erases Chapter 13 Debt Limits on Student Loans

Large student loans do not justify dismissal of a chapter 13 case when chapter 11 is the only alternative, Bankruptcy Judge Janet S. Baer says.

7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District

January 03, 2018

Misrepresenting One Asset Is More Dangerous than Misrepresenting All Assets

Boasting about ‘strong financial condition’ must be in writing for the debt to be nondischargeable, Fifth Circuit says.

Supreme Court

January 02, 2018

Delaware District Judge Seemingly Splits with Second Circuit on the Safe Harbor

Delaware district and bankruptcy judges now disagree with the Second Circuit’s holding that the federal safe harbor preempts state fraudulent transfer law.

3rd Circuit, Delaware

December 29, 2017