October 01, 2019
Lawyer was sanctioned under Rule 9011 for filing a petition when the lawyer should have known that title had already passed in a foreclosure sale.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
September 16, 2019
Seventh Circuit holds that a financing statement is sufficient if it describes collateral by reference to an unattached security agreement.
7th Circuit
August 23, 2019
In calculating eligibility for chapter 13, Judge Nevins in Connecticut differs from some other bankruptcy judges in the Second Circuit.
August 08, 2019
BAP reversed the bankruptcy court’s ruling that personal liability on a discharged debt was resurrected in ‘chapter 20.
9th Circuit
August 08, 2019
BAP reversed the bankruptcy court’s ruling that personal liability on a discharged debt was resurrected in ‘chapter 20.’
9th Circuit
August 07, 2019
A judicial lien impairing a homestead exemption is avoidable in some states under Section 522(f), but not in others.
7th Circuit, Illinois
July 16, 2019
Idaho judge seems to disagree with the Second Circuit’s ruling that a chapter 12 debtor can surrender less than all of the collateral to confirm a plan.
9th Circuit, Idaho
May 29, 2019
Joining two other circuits, the Fourth Circuit now permits a chapter 13 debtor to strip down a short term home mortgage to the value of the property.
4th Circuit
