ABI Blog Exchange

A major new source of fresh, meaningful bankruptcy statistics has come to my attention. The Institute for Financial Literacy is based in Portland, Maine.

There is now a difference of opinion in the published cases about whether means testing applies to determine chapter 7 eligibility in a case converted from chapter 13.

Recently, the American Financial Services Association posted a blurb on their website “Spotlight on Financial Ser

Last week, an incident was reported in Above the Law, that most entertaining blawg which calls itself “A Legal Tabloid.” William P.

On May 18, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a major ruling on so-called “deepening insolvency” liability of corporate officers and directors.

This will come as no surprise to practitioners in the trenches of consumer bankruptcy law, but . . . . the face of America’s debtor population is acquiring wrinkles.

A little understood aspect of the automatic stay is the effect of a bankruptcy filing on a judgment debtor’s appeal rights.

James and Beverly Nichols filed their 2001 federal income tax return on January 20, 2002. The return showed that they were entitled to a refund in the amount of $2,231.57.

Chapter 11 filings are often precipitated by the entry of a judgment against the debtor which is appealed. The parties must then argue about whether a chapter 11 plan is feasible and otherwise confirmable in th

On Tuesday the House Committee on the Judiciary held a day long hearing on the second anniversary of the enactment of BAPCPA. Before I assumed the responsibilities of a blogger, I didn't know that Congressional hearings were given snappy titles.

Section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code defines “lien” as a “charge against or interest in property to secure payment of a debt . . .

Reclamation claims aren't something that practioners in smaller bankruptcy cases used to see every day.