Consuelo M. Callahan

Creating a Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit Allows Retirement Contributions in Chapter 13

The Ninth Circuit split with the Sixth Circuit in the interpretation of the ‘hanging paragraph’ in Section 541(b)(7). Courts are divided four ways on whether or how much a ‘13’ debtor may contribute to voluntary retirement plans after filing.

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9th Circuit

Ninth Circuit Puts Limits on the Supreme Court’s Preclusion of Equitable Remedies

Law v. Siegel didn’t bar bankruptcy courts from invoking doctrines of claim and issue preclusion, the Ninth Circuit says.

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9th Circuit

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