9th Circuit

Divorcing Couples Not Stuck with Exemptions Claimed at Filing

You need two homestead exemptions? Divorce is the answer.

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9th Circuit

California Supreme Court Will Finally Rule on ‘Unfinished Business’ Doctrine

Ninth Circuit certifies question that has bedeviled lawyers leaving failing firms.

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9th Circuit

Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Classifies a Loan for Living Expenses as a Business Debt

Personal loan with a profit objective becomes a business debt.

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9th Circuit

Ninth Circuit to Rehear Case Denigrating the Status of Bankruptcy Appellate Panels

Ninth Circuit will decide en banc whether BAPs were “established” by Congress.

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9th Circuit

Circuit Split Widens on Test for Nondischargeability from Late-Filed Tax Returns

Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.

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9th Circuit

Chapter 7 Debtors’ Access to Counsel Threatened by B.A.P. Opinion

Ninth Circuit B.A.P. highlights discrimination against chapter 7 debtors.

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9th Circuit

Marijuana Advisors Are Not Precluded from All Relief in Bankruptcy Courts

Ninth Circuit B.A.P. shows sympathy for legal marijuana businesses.

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9th Circuit

California’s Fee-Shifting Statute Still Does Not Apply to Lift-Stay Motions

District Court says Supreme Court did not impliedly overrule Ninth Circuit’s Johnson decision.

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9th Circuit

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California Northern District

Circuit Rules Against Equitable Tolling for Objections to Discharge

Section 727(a)(2) is not a statute of limitations, Ninth Circuit holds.

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9th Circuit

Final Order of Dismissal Makes Other Appeals Constitutionally Moot

Ninth Circuit adopts Eighth Circuit test for constitutional mootness.

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9th Circuit

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