Using Untrained Personnel Is No Defense Against Willful Stay Violation
Simple mistake mushrooms into $50,000 in punitive damages for stay violation.
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William R. Sawyer
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Ability to Pay Debts Does Not Control on Section 707(a) Motions to Dismiss
Evading payment of a debt is a valid use of chapter 7, Florida judge rules.
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Erik P. Kimball
Rooker-Feldman Is No Bar to Overruling a State Court on the Automatic Stay
Despite concurrent jurisdiction, courts are split on Rooker-Feldman and the stay.
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Bankruptcy Judge James R. Sacca
An Allowed Claim Doesn’t Bar an FDCPA Suit from Attacking the Same Debt
Georgia district judge confronts creditors who file claims based on stale debts.
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J. Randall Hall
Eleventh Circuit Requires Punctilious Proof to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
Circuit court rules on grounds less favorable for the debtor than the district judge’s.
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Lewis A. Kaplan
Circuits Now Split on Bankruptcy Jurisdiction over Medicare Disputes
Eleventh Circuit allows the government on its own to shut down a health care provider in chapter 11.
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Michael G. Williamson
Careful Timing Lets Chapter 13 Debtors Retain Personal Injury Settlements
Bankruptcy judge interprets ‘cause’ under Section 1329(c) as being debtor-centric.
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Dwight H. Williams, Jr.
Qui Tam Suits Are Exceptions from the Automatic Stay
Automatic stay is no safe harbor from suits under the False Claims Act.
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Roy B. Dalton, Jr.
Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Debt Collectors, Deepening Split of Circuits on the FDCPA
Appeals court finds no ‘irreconcilable conflict’ between the FDCPA and the Bankruptcy Code.
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Beverly B. Martin
Union Pension Plan Lacks Standing to Appeal Rejection of Labor Contract
Labor loses another appeal in the onslaught of energy bankruptcies.
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R. David Proctor