April 06, 2020
Tortious or fraudulent conduct needn’t be shown to hold a corporate employee liable for violating the automatic stay.
1st Circuit, Rhode Island
April 01, 2020
Circuit says it’s easy to show reasonable reliance on a false financial statement.
5th Circuit
March 26, 2020
Ninth Circuit assumed that transferred property must remain property of the estate after conversion from ‘13’ to ‘7’ before the chapter 7 trustee can avoid an unauthorized transfer under Section 549.
9th Circuit
March 25, 2020
The Supreme Court uses a copyright case to explain why the bankruptcy exception to states’ sovereign immunity is unique under the Constitution.
Supreme Court
March 24, 2020
Taggart left open the question of whether the ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ standard for discharge violations also applies to contempt of the automatic stay.
9th Circuit
March 23, 2020
Discharge was violated, but sanctions are likely out of reach.
7th Circuit
March 13, 2020
The Ninth Circuit may be backing off from Ybarra, a case that waives discharge for attorneys’ fees if the debtor ‘returns to the fray.’
9th Circuit
