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July 09, 2021

Courts are split on whether a debtor may amend a chapter 13 plan to cure post-petition defaults on a principal residence.

November 16, 2020

Before paying up front for a lifetime club membership, read the fine print and consult a lawyer.

October 01, 2020

An obligation can be penal in nature, and thus nondischargeable, even though it’s measured by pecuniary loss.

October 21, 2019

Negotiating a prepackaged asbestos plan and having been paid by the debtor does not disqualify a future claimants’ representative under the disinterestedness standard.

October 01, 2019

Lawyer was sanctioned under Rule 9011 for filing a petition when the lawyer should have known that title had already passed in a foreclosure sale.

September 18, 2019

Although a foreclosure sale can be immune from fraudulent transfer attack, a tax foreclosure not based on the value of the property can be a preference.

April 24, 2019

Conversely, giving notice to a creditor’s state-court counsel may not be adequate, New Jersey judge says.

November 08, 2018

Split deepens regarding failure to return a repossessed auto as an automatic stay violation.

April 24, 2018

Not a true public sale, a tax foreclosure in New Jersey can be attacked as a preference without implicating concerns about federalism.

September 01, 2017

Federalism concerns do not protect tax foreclosures like they do mortgage foreclosures, Judge Gravelle says.