Consumer Bankruptcy

Violation of Discharge Is Now Difficult to Prove in the Ninth Circuit

An unreasonable but good faith, subjective belief that there is no injunction bars a finding of contempt in the Ninth Circuit.

Benchnotes June 2018

June 2018

Liberating Debtors from “Sweatbox” and Getting Attorneys Paid: Bifurcating Consumer Chapter 7 Engagements

June 2018

Tax Sales Can Be Avoided as Preferences, New Jersey District Judge Rules

Not a true public sale, a tax foreclosure in New Jersey can be attacked as a preference without implicating concerns about federalism.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Bankruptcy Code

July 2018

Still No Universal Test for Bifurcating an Auto Loan in Chapter 13

Courts are groping to define ‘personal use’ because Congress didn’t.

“Fresh Start” Principles Defeat Mandatory Arbitration Clause

June 2018

Steadfast in Denying the Homestead Exemption?

July 2018

Faculty Biographies (2018 Annual Spring Meeting)

Judges’ Hot Topics (2018 Annual Spring Meeting)