May 19, 2023
Affirming the bankruptcy court, the district court found that bifurcated fees are excessive and that inadequate disclosures violated Sections 526 and 528.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
April 10, 2023
Fourth Circuit opinion shows how abstention is a powerful tool that insulates an erroneous decision from appellate review.
4th Circuit
March 27, 2023
Although collecting a ‘DSO’ from non-estate property is permitted by Section 362(b)(2)(B), a district judge says that an in personam suit against the debtor can violate the automatic stay.
4th Circuit, Virginia, Virginia Western District
March 24, 2023
One of the biggest unanswered questions in chapter 13 sometimes forces debtors to keep homes they need to sell or strips away appreciation if they are forced to sell.
4th Circuit, Virginia, Virginia Eastern District
March 20, 2023
An appeal brewing in West Virginia may give the Fourth Circuit an opportunity to decide when or whether arbitration agreements are enforceable in bankruptcy.
4th Circuit, West Virginia
February 27, 2023
The Fourth Circuit wrote a scholarly (and dense) opinion differentiating among bankruptcy standing, bankruptcy appellate standing and constitutional standing.
4th Circuit
February 16, 2023
An act of Congress that waived sovereign immunity for Marines at Camp Lejeune meant that personal injury tort claims did not arise when the injury was sustained.
4th Circuit, Virginia, Virginia Eastern District
February 06, 2023
When a stay violator refused to reimburse debtor’s counsel for fees to stop the stay violation, Judge Rebecca Connelly awarded attorneys’ fees for time spent to collect attorneys’ fees.
4th Circuit, West Virginia
