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The Eleventh Circuit makes federal common law to nail companies for a deceased affiliate’s pension underfunding.

The Ninth Circuit rules that Taggart raised a ‘significantly high hurdle’ before holding a creditor in contempt of the discharge injunction.

Pursuing appointment benefitted the professional career of the applicant and did not benefit the estate, Judge Silverstein said.

Sometimes, being too aggressive backfires when the defendant files bankruptcy.

Judge Bonapfel explains why injuries to unsecured creditors in bankruptcy are the result of choices made by Congress.

Although federal credit unions are not controlled by the government, they are governmental units under the Bankruptcy Code, Judge Jacobvitz says.

Before paying up front for a lifetime club membership, read the fine print and consult a lawyer.

To measure eligibility for subchapter V, the debtor must not be an affiliate of a public company that has 20% or more of the ‘voting securities.’

The appeals court allows a tiny lien to wipe out a big mortgage if the bank wasn’t vigilant at the time of foreclosure.

North Carolina Judge disagrees with the Fifth Circuit on extending the statute of limitations to 10 years under Section 544(b)(1).