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Can’t Touch This: Pre-Petition Liens Fail to Reach Chapter 5 Actions

Jan 2025

Bankruptcy Code
541
Topic Tags
Fraudulent Transfers
Preferences

Giving Debtors Their Fair Shake: What Happens to Nonexempt Equity Increases in Debtors’ Homes in Converted Chapter 7 Cases

Feb 2025

Bankruptcy Code
348
522
1306
1307
1327
541
Topic Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Mortgage

Barring Use of an Online Payment Platform Was an Automatic Stay Violation

Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner decided that a mortgage servicer must allow a chapter 13 debtor’s continued use of an online payment platform.

4th Circuit
Maryland

Bankruptcy Crossover

Bankruptcy Code
101
109
301
302
341
507
521
522
523
524
526
707
726
727
1115
1121
1129
1141
1306
1307
1325
1328
1322
362
541
544
548
Topics
Automatic Stay
Consumer Bankruptcy
Family/Divorce Issues

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Why Not Chapter 15?

Bankruptcy Code
1191
101
102
105
108
301
302
303
304
327
328
329
330
331
346
347
363
364
365
502
503
505
506
507
510
521
542
543
545
547
551
552
553
558
1102
1103
1107
1108
1111
1122
1123
1124
1125
1127
1128
1129
1141
1142
1146
1520
1126
362
541
544
548
549
550
Topics
International Insolvency

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A Retirement Plan that’s Not ‘Tax-Qualified’ Is Still Excluded from Estate Property

Declining to create a circuit split, Third Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro held that a retirement plan structured according to ERISA is excluded from estate property even if transactions by the trust violated ERISA or IRS Code regulations.

3rd Circuit

Judicial Round-and-Round

Bankruptcy Code
1182
101
348
363
362
541
Topics
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Small Business

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Deal-Breaker Documents

Bankruptcy Code
101
109
522
547
727
1325
541
548
Topics
Consumer Bankruptcy

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Case Law Updates

Bankruptcy Code
1182
1183
1184
1189
1191
1192
523(a)(4)
101
102
103
105
106
109
1334
157
303
305
329
330
348
349
363
365
502
503
505
521
522
523
524
525
526
528
546
554
707
741
1103
1109
1112
1123
1125
1129
1208
1228
1306
1307
1325
1326
1327
1329
1517
1126
1322
326
362
541
544
550
Topics
Bankruptcy Litigation
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Mass Torts
Small Business

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Avoidance Actions Update

Bankruptcy Code
327
363
503
522
701
1123
541
544
Topics
Bankruptcy Litigation

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