May 06, 2022
To settle with a trustee, a creditor is not required to volunteer damaging information.
9th Circuit, Montana
May 02, 2022
The City of Chicago argued unsuccessfully that liens on cars are statutory because they arise automatically when the car is impounded.
7th Circuit
April 29, 2022
Circuit refuses to make an exception for trustees regarding the judge-made doctrine of in pari delicto.
4th Circuit
April 26, 2022
Authorities are split on whether avoidance actions are estate property that can be sold or can only be prosecuted by the trustee.
8th Circuit, Iowa, Iowa Northern District
April 21, 2022
In a nonprecedential opinion, the Fifth Circuit suggests that a mortgage that could be reformed in state court cannot be reformed in bankruptcy.
5th Circuit
March 29, 2022
A question may be headed to the Sixth Circuit, where debtors hope to create a circuit split.
6th Circuit
March 28, 2022
A lien securing a claim based on the purchase or sale of securities is subordinated, just like the claim, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.
9th Circuit
March 25, 2022
A hybrid contract covering both goods and services is accorded priority status under Section 503(b)(9) only for the value of the goods, even if the contract primarily involved the sale of goods.
10th Circuit, Colorado
