Consumer Bankruptcy

Appeals in Consumer Bankruptcy

Case Updates: Business and Consumer Law Developments

All Things Discharge

The Bankruptcy Rules Seven Months Later: New Model Chapter 13 Plan, New Secured Proof of Claim Filing Requirement, and Other Changes

When Acting in Good Faith Isn’t Enough: A Taxing Decision for IRS

Sept 2018

Problematic Consumer Debtor Attorneys’ Fee Arrangements and the Illusion of “Access to Justice”

Oct 2018

Heightened Pleading Requirements Kick In on Nondischargeability for Fraud, Circuit Says

Merely pleading a false statement under oath won’t beat a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, Fifth Circuit says.

Prejudgment Interest at the Higher State Rate Can Be Ok on Nondischargeability

A nondischargeability judgment under Section 523 doesn’t require prejudgment interest at the lower federal rate.

Chapter 13 Discharges Post-Filing Condo Assessments in the Ninth Circuit

Circuit court bases its decision on the omission of Section 523(a)(16) from Section 1328(a).