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Eleventh Circuit inveighs against harming innocent creditors by invoking judicial estoppel.

Ninth Circuit ringingly endorses allowance of prepetition contingent fee arrangements.

Differing state laws govern the exemption of tax refunds for individuals.

Mistakenly cancelling a mortgage can result in a preference but not a fraudulent transfer if the cancellation is later rescinded.

Philadelphia judge socks the city’s parking authority for impounding a debtor’s car twice.

After rehearing, the Fifth Circuit rediscovers the snapshot rule by giving finality to exemptions in chapter 7.

The Code or rules must change to bar debt collectors from filing stale claims, Judge Dow says.

Even if an exemption is lost after filing, a Code provision must bring property into the estate, Fourth Circuit holds.

Federalism concerns do not protect tax foreclosures like they do mortgage foreclosures, Judge Gravelle says.

The Eighth Circuit bars clever litigation tactics designed to evade the FDCPA on suits to collect time-barred claims.