January 27, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Gunn from D.C. sides with the majority to hold that “personal injury” does not require physical injury but may include reputational harm.
D.C. Circuit
January 17, 2023
The Fair Credit Reporting Act doesn’t require credit reporting agencies to resolve disputed facts or law about the discharge of private student loans.
2nd Circuit
December 16, 2022
Some tasks are too complex for lawyers and should be performed by paralegals.
10th Circuit
December 08, 2022
Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?
Supreme Court
November 16, 2022
The Fourth Circuit had recently held that both individuals and corporations in subchapter V of chapter 11 are barred from discharging debts that are nondischargeable under Section 523(a).
5th Circuit, Texas, Texas Western District
October 28, 2022
The Ninth Circuit BAP interprets circuit authority as giving a chapter 13 debtor the absolute right to dismiss.
9th Circuit
October 10, 2022
Joining the majority of courts, Judge Grossman says that the debtor’s conduct, not the identity of the holder of the claim, determines nondischargeability.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Eastern District
September 08, 2022
Violating a PACA trust does not result in ‘defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity’ that makes a debt nondischargeable, the Eleventh Circuit held in upholding Bankruptcy Judge Roberta Colton.
11th Circuit
