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Consumer Bankruptcy

Friday, March 3, 2017
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Undervaluing One Asset Can Result in Denial of Discharge, Fourth Circuit Holds

Financial professional was held to a higher standard in valuing estate assets.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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Circuit Split Widens on Stay Violation for Failure to Turn Over Repossessed Collateral

Tenth Circuit joins the minority by holding that passive retention of collateral is no stay violation.

Federal Judgment Rate Is Employed when Claims Are Paid in Full

Courts remain divided on what ‘legal rate’ means in Section 726(a)(5).

Judgments for Malice in California Aren’t Nondischargeable Automatically

Ninth Circuit again shows deference to the BAP in making the circuit’s bankruptcy law.

Sixth Circuit Thwarts Tennessee in Jacking Up Interest Rate on Tax Claims

Does ‘nonbankruptcy law’ mean any law other than the Bankruptcy Code?