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March 08, 2019

Sanctions weren’t justified for attempting to collect a time-barred tax claim.

March 01, 2019

A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit holds that Section 106 does not waive sovereign immunity for Indian tribes.

November 13, 2018

The government doesn’t violate the automatic stay by refusing to reinstate a driver’s license suspended for failure to pay traffic fines, Judge Surratt-States says.

September 14, 2018

Courts are divided when an exemption claim collides with the government’s right of setoff.

September 04, 2018

Ninth Circuit splits with the First on the interpretation of Section 106(a).

August 24, 2018

The Third and Seventh Circuits agree on a concept that limits a debtor’s ability to recover accrued Social Security benefits that are set off before bankruptcy.

August 01, 2018

A bankruptcy court’s in rem jurisdiction overrides a claim of sovereign immunity.

June 12, 2018

Seven weeks apart, two circuits reach diametrically different conclusions about good faith as a defense to an intentional act that violates the discharge injunction.

May 23, 2018

Unlike Rodney Dangerfield, Jevic workers get respect when Delaware judge rejects a new settlement they dislike.

April 10, 2018

Another court rules that Sebelius isn’t controlling on the characterization of the individual mandate under the Bankruptcy Code.