Consumer Bankruptcy

Fifth Circuit Still Precludes Arbitration of ‘Core’ Bankruptcy Issues

Fifth Circuit panel does not interpret recent Supreme Court authority as overruling circuit opinions allowing bankruptcy courts to disregard arbitration agreements.

Protecting Disabled Veterans in Need of Financial Assistance: Applying the HAVEN Act to Cases Filed Before Its Enactment

Dec 2019

Courts Split on Allowing a Late Claim if the Creditor Was Not Listed

Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Brown of Denver differs with Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner of Baltimore on the interpretation of Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(6).

In Chapters 7 and 13, ‘Excusable Neglect’ Won’t Always Justify Filing a Late Claim

A creditor without knowledge of bankruptcy isn’t always entitled to file a late claim in chapters 7, 12, and 13, Judge Harner says.

Knowledge of Fraud Before Discharge Doesn’t Always Preclude Revocation

Eleventh Circuit refuses to read words into Section 727(d)(2) that aren’t there.

Faculty Biographies (2019 Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Coverage Counsel at § 341 Meetings

Update from the ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (2019 Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference)

Savings in a Chapter 13