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High court resolves a circuit split on Section 523(a)(2)(B) and the meaning of “financial condition.”

Courts split on the dischargeability of debts incurred in the course of divorce or separation.

Supreme Court’s subsequent Epic decision casts doubt on opinions overriding arbitration agreements in the bankruptcy context.

The high court seemed primed to rule that a debt will be discharged despite an oral misrepresentation about one asset.

Student loan debtor ineligible for chapter 7 may pursue chapter 13 even with too much unsecured debt, Judge Catherine J. Furay says.

Innocent mistake turns into a $6,000 sanction for ‘willful failure to cooperate.’

Neither oral statements nor emails are sanctionable under Rule 9011, Judge Pappas says.

Midland Funding expanded to allow unlicensed debt collectors to file claims.

New case seems inconsistent with Second Circuit’s prior opinion compelling arbitration over an automatic stay violation.

Illinois judge interprets Rule 3002.1 as being ‘debtor-friendly,’ not as creating new grounds for denial of a chapter 13 discharge.