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Is a bankruptcy court improperly making federal common law in defining an exemption contrary to state law in an aspect of the exemption not explicitly covered by Section 522(d)(1)?

The BAP decision on voluntary dismissal under Rule 41 adds credence to the idea that bankruptcy courts can attach conditions to a debtor’s voluntary dismissal under Section 1307(b).

Circuit courts differ on their understanding of Supreme Court precedent and are now split 3/3 on whether a real estate tax foreclosure can be set aside as a constructive fraudulent transfer.

At the courthouse, the public is only entitled to free access to papers filed in that district.

Persuasive authority is required before a creditor can be held in contempt for violating the automatic stay protecting a corporate debtor.

Curiously, bifurcated fee arrangements are sometimes permitted in the Eastern District of Kentucky.

A statutory violation by itself won’t necessarily give a plaintiff constitutional standing.

Courts are split on whether chapter 13 effectively prohibits debtors from making voluntary contributions to 401(k) plans.

Judge Hoffman sets up Sixth Circuit to opine on the circuit split regarding the constitutionality of the 2018 increase in fees for the U.S. Trustee system.

Actual notice is required even for contingent liabilities not shown on financial statements, the Sixth Circuit holds.