November 10, 2020
The appeals court allows a tiny lien to wipe out a big mortgage if the bank wasn’t vigilant at the time of foreclosure.
9th Circuit
November 06, 2020
Dissenter in the Fifth Circuit believes that having both U.S. Trustees and bankruptcy administrators violates the Uniformity Clause.
5th Circuit
November 05, 2020
A subordinate lender lacked appellate standing to appeal the annulment of the automatic stay in favor of a senior lender.
9th Circuit
November 04, 2020
Courts are split on whether the estate of a deceased chapter 13 debtor can receive a discharge if the debtor had not completed a financial management course.
10th Circuit, Utah
October 29, 2020
Proceeds from fraudulently transferred property can be recovered from subsequent transferees, Judge Rodriguez says, differing with the Tenth Circuit’s Generation Resources opinion.
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Southern District
October 28, 2020
The equitable power under Section 105(a) permits extending the discharge objection deadline when the court makes a mistake.
5th Circuit
October 26, 2020
Is the Barton doctrine based on a lack of subject matter jurisdiction, or is it a prudential rule?
11th Circuit
October 22, 2020
Section 106 wasn’t sufficiently explicit to waive sovereign immunity for Indian tribes, Judge Frank Bailey said in siding with the Sixth Circuit and differing with the Ninth Circuit.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
