January 07, 2025
Bartenwerfer held to make a debt nondischargeable as to someone who was neither a partner nor an agent.
9th Circuit, Hawaii
December 24, 2024
The Ninth Circuit BAP eased the burden on debtors needing to prove that a lender violated Section 524(i) by failing to credit payments made under a plan.
9th Circuit
December 04, 2024
A decision from a state or federal court before bankruptcy finding a securities law violation isn’t required for nondischargeability under Section 523(a)(19).
9th Circuit
October 29, 2024
Sixth Circuit held that preferring one creditor with a nondischargeable claim before bankruptcy isn’t intent to hinder, delay or defraud.
6th Circuit
October 04, 2024
In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit majority held that a chapter 13 debtor has the right to dismiss under Section 1307(b) before the bankruptcy court decides whether the filing was in good faith.
9th Circuit
August 23, 2024
Revesting allowed chapter 13 debtors to retain property that was innocently undisclosed.
1st Circuit, Massachusetts
August 20, 2024
Chicago’s Bankruptcy Judge Timothy Barnes explained eight years ago why bankruptcy stays do not require personal jurisdiction, unlike injunctions in receiverships.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
August 16, 2024
Fifth Circuit says that the court must have obtained personal jurisdiction over a third party in a receivership to enforce an injunction. Is the same true for the automatic stay and the discharge injunction in bankruptcy? Is there no injunction before there’s personal jurisdiction?
5th Circuit
