Consumer Bankruptcy

Ninth Circuit Upholds Tough Civil Sanctions for Contempt of Turnover Order

Two years in jail and $1,000 in daily fines are ok as civil contempt sanctions.

Florida Judge Narrowly Interprets Eleventh Circuit’s Failla Decision on Surrender

Decisions to surrender aren’t made in ‘perpetuity,’ Judge Isicoff holds.

Exempt Assets Aren’t Always Exempt in Chapter 13

Courts are split on including some exempt assets into the calculation of disposable income.

Are Exempt Assets Received Post-Petition in a Chapter 13 Disposable Income After BAPCPA?

Sept 2017

Massachusetts Judge Limits Chapter 13 Debtor’s Standing to Sue

Chapter 11 committees achieve standing more readily than chapter 13 debtors.

Faculty Biographies (2017 Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop)

Turning the Page to the Next Chapter: Individual Chapter 11 Cases

Chapter 13: Improving the Process