Filing Bankruptcy After Renewing a Title Loan Again Found Not to Be Bad Faith
Title lenders continue losing battles to take cars away from debtors, but the lenders have yet to plead and prove their best cases.
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Student Loans, AI and Consumer Practice Technology, Subchapter V and More to Be Discussed at ABI's 2023 Consumer Practice Extravaganza Oct. 30 - Nov. 10
Alexandria, Va. — Leading practitioners will be examining key issues across the consumer bankruptcy landscape at ABI’s 2023 Consumer Practice Extravaganza (CPEX), being held October 30-Nov. 10 via a state-of-the-art virtual platform. Spanning two weeks, this virtual conference offers quality sessions on key consumer bankruptcy topics, including student loans, AI/technology, subchapter V, chapter 13, ethics and more. One of the highlighted sessions of the program is a "Fireside Chat" between Tara Twomey, the Director of the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees (Washington, D.C.) and Prof. Ingrid M. Hillinger of the Boston College School of Law (Newton Centre, Mass.). Available at a registration price of only $100, all sessions will conveniently remain available to attendees for 30 days after the conclusion of the conference.
Sessions at CPEX include:
- Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle
- Saving a Family Home, and the Ins and Outs of 3002.1
- Tax Issues in Bankruptcy
- Evidentiary Mock Trial
- Eligibility Issues for Consumer Debtors
- Real Property Potpourri
- Bankruptcy Ethics & Malpractice
- Judges' Session: Circuits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11
- Student Loans Update from the Department of Justice
- Fireside Chat with the Director of the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees
- Chapter 13 to Sub V: Fear Not, Consumer Attorneys
- Industry Innovations and Solutions
- Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging
- Hidden Assets/Valuation
- 13 or V? Putting Your Debtor in the Right Case
- Real Property Nuances in Chapter 13: Post-Petition Property Appreciation and Avoidance Actions
- SCOTUS Update
- Responding to Complaints in Federal Court: Strategies and Considerations
- Understanding Proofs of Claim/Claims Allowance: Constructing Proofs of Claim in Merger-Doctrine States
- Industry Innovations and Solutions
- Appeal Session: Appellate Arguments
- Post-Petition Issues in Consumer Cases: Life Goes On
- Judges' Session: Circuits 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
- The Sharing, Splitting, Unbundling, Factoring, Financing, Bifurcation and Disclosure of Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees: Ethical Ramifications and What You Need to Know
Networking is also a key ingredient of CPEX, and attendees will have numerous opportunities to connect. The virtual portal will allow speakers and attendees to video or text chat spontaneously after sessions, or allow them to plan a date and time to meet.
Members of the press looking to attend ABI’s Consumer Practice Extravaganza should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abiworld.org.
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.
Judge Won’t Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages
The judge in Alex Jones’s bankruptcy case ruled on Thursday that he will not be allowed to use his chapter 11 filing to evade paying more than $1 billion in verdicts to families of the Sandy Hook shooting, the New York Times reported. The ruling by Judge Christopher Lopez in a Houston bankruptcy court means that Mr. Jones, the Infowars conspiracy broadcaster, will likely be working the rest of his life to pay his debt to the families. Last year, they were awarded historic damages in defamation lawsuits against him. It also closes off the possibility that Mr. Jones could liquidate Infowars and force the families to accept whatever proceeds result, leaving him free to start a new business. Earlier this year, the families asked that Judge Lopez order Mr. Jones to pay them the full damage awards, with no possibility of a trial or a forced settlement over a lesser amount — in legal terms, to make Mr. Jones’s debts to the families “non-dischargeable” through bankruptcy.
Fifth Circuit Expands Bartenwerfer to Saddle Alter Egos with Nondischargeable Debts
An alter ego may be of the same ilk as a partnership or agency, so there may be no inconsistency between the Fifth Circuit opinion and the Bartenwerfer concurrence.
Ethical Issues of Remote Practice: Remote Clients, and Debtor’s Counsel’s Duty to Investigate
With the U.S. Trustee Program announcing that § 341 meetings for all chapter 7 and 13 cases will be heading to Zoom, there is no turning back now. Most routine consumer bankruptcy cases can now be completed without the debtor ever leaving home.
Evaporating Equity: Charting a Course Through the Confusion of Chapter 13
When a debtor’s assets appreciate after filing a chapter 13 petition, historically that appreciation has inured to the debtor and not to the estate [1]. That norm is gradually evaporating, as courts are beginning to hold that post-petition appreciation belongs to creditors [2]. The ambiguity in chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code is responsible for shifting appreciation from debtors to creditors.