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October 26, 2021

Notice by email may satisfy due process but doesn’t comply with notice by ‘mail’ under Bankruptcy Rule 2002.

October 25, 2021

The debtor’s bad faith chapter 13 filings convinced Judge Hall to allow garnishment of funds held by the trustee after dismissal.

October 21, 2021

Disclosing a lawsuit in the SOFA and discussing the suit with the trustee was no substitute for listing the suit among a debtor’s assets, the Ninth Circuit held.

October 19, 2021

Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.

October 15, 2021

An arbitration case to be argued in November may inform bankruptcy courts whether they must enforce arbitration agreements.

October 14, 2021

Pennsylvania’s Judge Conway hints that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.

October 12, 2021

Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein explains appellate jurisdiction, finality, cumulative finality and mislabeled motions for reconsideration.

October 08, 2021

The circuits are now split 2/2 on whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because the increase didn’t apply immediately in bankruptcy administrator districts.

October 06, 2021

Counsel sanctioned $10,000 for making allegations about an intentional or malicious stay violation without having performed an investigation to justify the claims.

October 05, 2021

An irrevocable surety bond isn’t executory because it gives the bonding company no further obligations to the debtor.