December 20, 2018
Matrimonial lawyers need bankruptcy and tax advice when the client is insolvent.
10th Circuit, Utah
December 14, 2018
In the first opinion at the circuit level, the First Circuit latches onto the lousy drafting of Section 362(c)(3)(A) to end the automatic stay entirely, 30 days after the second filing within a year.
1st Circuit
December 13, 2018
By implication, the Eleventh Circuit would allow a general chapter 13 discharge to a debtor who defaults on direct mortgage payments, an issue where lower courts are split.
11th Circuit
December 11, 2018
Tenth Circuit lays out the elements of denial of discharge for failure to obey an order.
10th Circuit
December 06, 2018
Pet insurance and proceeds are exempt, even above the value of the pet.
9th Circuit, Arizona
December 05, 2018
Lying about herpes resulted in a nondischargeable debt for fraud and battery.
December 03, 2018
District judge in Brooklyn overturns the bankruptcy court and again exposes colleges and universities to the receipt of fraudulent transfers when insolvent parents pay their childrens’ tuition.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
November 29, 2018
Vigorous dissent argues that the majority misread Ninth Circuit precedent in barring a debtor from exempting post-petition appreciation in a homestead.
9th Circuit
