August 07, 2019
A judicial lien impairing a homestead exemption is avoidable in some states under Section 522(f), but not in others.
7th Circuit, Illinois
August 06, 2019
Dissenter in the First Circuit recommends that the Supreme Court hear and reverse an opinion allowing Puerto Rico to withhold payments from bondholders.
1st Circuit
July 25, 2019
Fifth Circuit permits bar orders in receiverships while blocking nonconsensual, third-party releases in chapter 11 plans.
5th Circuit
July 09, 2019
Circuits are split on whether a tax refund presumptively goes to the subsidiary that created the losses giving rise to the refund.
Supreme Court
July 02, 2019
On an issue dividing the courts, the Seventh Circuit rules that an obligation to repay a domestic support obligation is a dischargeable debt, not a nondischargeable DSO.
7th Circuit
June 25, 2019
The Third Circuit wrote an important decision on distributing collateral under an intercreditor agreement, but it wasn’t precedential.
3rd Circuit
June 21, 2019
Disagreeing with the Tenth and D.C. Circuits and siding with four other circuits, the Seventh Circuit rules that passively holding estate property violates the automatic stay.
7th Circuit
June 20, 2019
Fifth Circuit overturns a settlement that barred officers and directors from accessing insurance policies.
5th Circuit
