February 02, 2018
Overlay divorce and bankruptcy, and you’ve got a big mess.
7th Circuit
January 29, 2018
New York judge rules that the IRS Handbook is not controlling on auto expenses for the means test.
January 23, 2018
California judge won’t bar the debtor from settling for more than the original $6 million in compensatory damages while forsaking $40 million in punitive damages earmarked for public interest groups.
9th Circuit, California, California Eastern District
January 22, 2018
Lender cannot hide behind a disclaimer to avoid sanctions for violating the discharge injunction, Ninth Circuit BAP holds.
9th Circuit
January 19, 2018
Losing its patience with late-filed appeals, the Fifth Circuit is close to making significant sanctions automatic.
5th Circuit
January 15, 2018
High court to decide whether a false oral statement about one asset results in nondischargeability.
Supreme Court
January 12, 2018
Circuits split on power of bankruptcy courts to impose punitive or criminal contempt sanctions.
2nd Circuit, Vermont
January 10, 2018
Mortgage lender fails to export the Eleventh Circuit’s Failla decision to the Ninth Circuit.
9th Circuit
