August 30, 2019
An action that could violate the FDCPA may not be a violation of the discharge injunction.
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?
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.
August 09, 2019
Conflicting standards among the circuits warrant a grant of certiorari to define ‘undue hardship’ required for discharging a student loan.
August 02, 2019
Fifth Circuit now says that student loans must ‘impose intolerable difficulties’ to be dischargeable.
July 29, 2019
An Alabama case shows how Taggart heightened the pleading standards for a complaint alleging a violation of the discharge injunction.
July 22, 2019
Judge Collins discharges all but $23,900 among nine student loans totaling $154,000.
July 18, 2019
To be nondischargeable, a stipulated judgment must lay out facts showing the debt was incurred by false representation or actual fraud.
July 02, 2019
On an issue dividing the courts, the Seventh Circuit rules that an obligation to repay a domestic support obligation is a dischargeable debt, not a nondischargeable DSO.
July 01, 2019
The BAP avoided making a rule that would have allowed convicted felons to discharge student loans more easily than debtors with clean records.