Judge Rodriguez holds servicer and lender liable under Rule 3002.1 and the FDCPA for making a claim for unpaid real estate taxes that had been paid.

First Circuit rules that an order finding a stay violation must be appealed before the bankruptcy court grants an award of attorneys’ fees.

Michigan judges disagree about the court’s ability to consider Social Security benefits in deciding whether a chapter plan was proposed in good faith.

Careful drafting and copious documentation are required for a bifurcated fee arrangement to pass muster in chapter 7.

The Supreme Court has ducked the split twice in recent years but should tackle the question this time around.

Sixth Circuit upholds dismissal of claims for reverse veil piercing and reverse alter ego.

Courts are split on the question of whether the incorporation of AAA rules by reference allows arbitrators to decide threshold questions of arbitrability and validity of an agreement to arbitrate.

Courts are split on whether creditors in chapter 13 are entitled to the postpetition appreciation in a debtor’s property.

A creditor lost a dischargeability suit by failing to call the right witnesses to prove that a lawyer’s trust account was used to hide assets.

A later First Circuit BAP panel should follow BAP authority unless the prior opinion seems “dead wrong.”