October 25, 2019
Fifth Circuit bars nationwide class actions to enforce the discharge injunction. However, the appeals court ruled that private student loans are dischargeable.
5th Circuit
October 22, 2019
Fifth Circuit panel does not interpret recent Supreme Court authority as overruling circuit opinions allowing bankruptcy courts to disregard arbitration agreements.
5th Circuit
October 09, 2019
Eleventh Circuit refuses to read words into Section 727(d)(2) that aren’t there.
11th Circuit
October 02, 2019
Florida case raises the question of whether the Supreme Court will eventually give bankruptcy a general exemption from arbitration, or an exemption only for core proceedings.
11th Circuit, Florida, Florida Middle District
September 17, 2019
Discovery abuse in a prior lawsuit can result in nondischargeability in a later bankruptcy.
2nd Circuit
August 30, 2019
An action that could violate the FDCPA may not be a violation of the discharge injunction.
11th Circuit
August 16, 2019
On an appeal involving contempt of the discharge injunction, would the circuit court have reached a different conclusion by employing the standard under Taggart?
7th Circuit
August 14, 2019
If the parties litigate but the defendant eventually defaults, the default judgment can result in nondischargeability via issue preclusion, Eleventh Circuit holds.
11th Circuit
August 09, 2019
Conflicting standards among the circuits warrant a grant of certiorari to define ‘undue hardship’ required for discharging a student loan.
1st Circuit
