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June 30, 2020

A properly drafted union contract still failed to leave a company officer with a nondischargeable debt for failing to make employer contributions to a union welfare fund.

June 26, 2020

Is Taggart just a defense that can be waived, or must a debtor plead and prove ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ in a motion for contempt of discharge?

June 19, 2020

Second Circuit says that later Supreme Court authority did not undermine the appeals court’s prior decision that creditors cannot compel arbitration of discharge violations.

June 16, 2020

Discovery sanctions are dischargeable under Section 523(a)(7), even when incorporated into a bar disciplinary suspension.

May 12, 2020

Global warming claims were discharged even though the chapter 11 plan did not discharge claims under environmental laws.

May 11, 2020

A mistake by a lawyer isn’t “deliberate” and therefore can’t be a judicial admission.

April 20, 2020

ABI Consumer Commission recommended that ‘comfort orders’ be obtained through motion practice, not adversary proceedings.

April 10, 2020

Filing with PACER should be left to the experts, by which we mean paralegals.

April 06, 2020

Tortious or fraudulent conduct needn’t be shown to hold a corporate employee liable for violating the automatic stay.

April 01, 2020

Circuit says it’s easy to show reasonable reliance on a false financial statement.