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Chapter 13 Legislative Change Is Needed for Economic Relief

Nov 2020

Bankruptcy Code
109
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Consumer Bankruptcy

Creditor Socked with $41,000 in Sanctions for Filing Trumped-Up Criminal Charges

Bankruptcy Judge Warren makes sure the sanctions won’t be dischargeable if the offending creditor files his own bankruptcy.

4th Circuit
North Carolina
North Carolina Eastern District
Friday, July 17, 2020
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Covid19
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Lower Courts Now Disagree on Modifying the Stay Retroactively After Acevedo

Did the Supreme Court’s Acevedo opinion preclude annulling the stay? The Ninth Circuit BAP says ‘no.’

9th Circuit
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Article Tags
Court Administration
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Covid19
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Fraudulent Transfer Suit Didn’t Succeed in ‘Discharging’ Student Loans

Can student loans be wiped out as fraudulent transfers that aren’t dischargeable under Section 523(a)(8)?

4th Circuit
North Carolina
North Carolina Eastern District
Monday, July 13, 2020
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Covid19
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Eighth Circuit Won’t Impose Unwritten Requirements on Service of a Claim Objection

In the Bankruptcy Rules, a claim objection isn’t treated like a motion for all purposes, the Eighth Circuit says.

8th Circuit

Seventh Circuit Requires Court Findings for a Plan Provision the Code Allows

The Seventh Circuit opinion raises the question of whether (or when) a court may restrict the use of a provision in a chapter 13 plan that Section 1322(b) permits.

7th Circuit

Disclosing a Lawsuit Only in the SOFA Won’t Result in Abandonment, BAP Says

Disclosing a lawsuit in the SOFA and discussing the suit with the trustee is no substitute for listing the suit among a debtor’s assets, the Ninth Circuit BAP says.

9th Circuit
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