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May 05, 2017

BAPCPA amendments on student loans modified the definition of ‘educational benefit.’

April 25, 2017

Private suits to enforce state labor laws are halted by the automatic stay, circuit holds.

April 24, 2017

Ninth Circuit says deemed recourse terminates when the estate no longer owns the collateral.

April 20, 2017

Lawyers can be nailed for misconduct under Section 1927, but not their clients.

April 07, 2017

Chosen law governed statute of limitations for allowance of claims in bankruptcy.
Split grows on whether ‘substantial contribution’ claims are limited to chapters 9 and 11.

April 05, 2017

No automatic stay to protect litigation misconduct in the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.

March 29, 2017

Controlling legal issues no longer make an order appealable as of right in the Ninth Circuit.

March 13, 2017

Third-party injunctions in chapter 9 must be a financial necessity, judge says.

March 09, 2017

Ninth Circuit majority goes for a difficult issue when an easier answer was available.