June 23, 2022
BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.
9th Circuit
June 15, 2022
The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.
Supreme Court
June 02, 2022
Local rules require lawyers to prepare and fill all required chapter 7 papers regardless of whether the debtor pays the fee or agrees to pay the fee.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
May 31, 2022
Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.
Supreme Court
May 27, 2022
In a case headed for the Tenth Circuit, upholding the dignity of the court overcame the automatic stay.
10th Circuit, Utah
May 25, 2022
Even if a dischargeability suit is based on a contract, the winner is not entitled to fee-shifting if the court rules on noncontract issues.
9th Circuit
May 20, 2022
Finally, a circuit court cites Taggart to help a debtor enforce the discharge injunction.
2nd Circuit
May 19, 2022
The Ninth Circuit equates nonjudicial foreclosure with bankruptcy discharge in terms of the effect on deficiencies following foreclosure.
9th Circuit
May 18, 2022
The Affordable Care Act’s ‘individual mandate’ was a tax measured by income, thus giving the IRS a priority tax claim.
3rd Circuit
