Dubious Opinion Says Automatic Stay Inapplicable to Setoff Against Exempt Property
District judge refuses to give automatic stay protection to a tax evader.
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Mark A. Goldsmith
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Trustees Don’t Get a Second Bite at the Abandonment Apple
The debtor, not the trustee, can profit from a secured creditor’s mistakes.
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James L. Graham
Circuit Says a Perfected Assignment of Rents Takes Property Out of the Estate
Michigan law enables a lender to short circuit an attempted reorganization.
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Jane B. Stranch
Jevic Applied to Ordinary Settlements in the Midst of a Chapter 11 Case
Tennessee judge says Jevic tightened rules for approval of settlements.
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Shelley D. Rucker
Fee Application After Completion of Plan Payments Comes Too Late
Fees awarded after discharge are wiped out like everything else.
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Janet T. Neff
Sixth Circuit Widens Split on Mooting Appeals from Sale Orders
Equity is required to claim a homestead exemption, Sixth Circuit holds.
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Gilbert S. Merritt
False Claims Suits by Governments Are Not Halted by Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy court held to lack exclusive jurisdiction over exceptions to the automatic stay.
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Kevin H. Sharp
Notice to Admit Laid Basis for Collateral Estoppel When Consent Judgment Didn’t Qualify
Consenting to judgment failed to avoid imposition of collateral estoppel on dischargeability.
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Bankruptcy Judge Marci B. McIvor
Sixth Circuit Thwarts Tennessee in Jacking Up Interest Rate on Tax Claims
Does ‘nonbankruptcy law’ mean any law other than the Bankruptcy Code?
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Jane B. Stranch
Judge Finds Several Reasons to Relieve Debtor of Counsel’s Mistake
If a chapter 13 plan was mistakenly five years, no cause is required to shorten it to three years.
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Mark A. Randon