Student Loans Incurred for a New Profession Are Consumer Debts Non-consumer debts must be related to an existing business or current job. Judge Name - Do not use it. Christopher D. Jaime Read more about Student Loans Incurred for a New Profession Are Consumer Debts
Estate Planning Does Not Blow Away a Generous State Homestead Exemption Appellate panel rides to the rescue and saves a couple about to lose their home. Judge Name - Do not use it. Meredith A. Jury Read more about Estate Planning Does Not Blow Away a Generous State Homestead Exemption
Debtors Not Sharing Fruits of Stay Violation Claim with Creditors Must Arbitrate You can’t stiff your creditors and profit from an inadvertent stay violation claim. Judge Name - Do not use it. Randall L. Dunn Read more about Debtors Not Sharing Fruits of Stay Violation Claim with Creditors Must Arbitrate
Auditors of a Ponzi Scheme Are Exonerated in the Ninth Circuit Be sure to issue a qualified report when auditing a Ponzi scheme. Judge Name - Do not use it. Stephen S. Trott Read more about Auditors of a Ponzi Scheme Are Exonerated in the Ninth Circuit
Tim Blixseth Making Law on Extended Jailing for Civil Contempt Is one year’s jailing too long for civil contempt? Evidently not in Montana. Judge Name - Do not use it. Sam E. Haddon Read more about Tim Blixseth Making Law on Extended Jailing for Civil Contempt
Failed Lawyer Discharges $264,000 in Student Loan Debt Advanced degrees for once were no bar to discharging student loans. Judge Name - Do not use it. Charles D. Novack Read more about Failed Lawyer Discharges $264,000 in Student Loan Debt
Claim Buyer Doesn’t Acquire Seller’s Insider Status, Ninth Circuit Holds Debtor-friendly opinion validates strategy for cramming down on secured lender. Judge Name - Do not use it. N. Randy Smith Read more about Claim Buyer Doesn’t Acquire Seller’s Insider Status, Ninth Circuit Holds
Successor Liability Overrides Sale Free and Clear on Labor Law Claim 363 sale provides no protection from a union’s claim for successor liability. Judge Name - Do not use it. Ricardo S. Martinez Read more about Successor Liability Overrides Sale Free and Clear on Labor Law Claim
Congress Did Not Abrogate Absolute Priority for Individuals, Five Circuits Now Hold Sloppy drafting in BAPCPA puts individuals at the mercy of dominant creditors in chapter 11. Judge Name - Do not use it. Andrew D. Hurwitz Read more about Congress Did Not Abrogate Absolute Priority for Individuals, Five Circuits Now Hold
A $15,000 Civil Contempt Order Was Interlocutory and Not Appealable Perhaps a civil contempt order should sometimes be final in bankruptcy. Judge Name - Do not use it. Percy Anderson Read more about A $15,000 Civil Contempt Order Was Interlocutory and Not Appealable