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Consumer Bankruptcy

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Article Tags
Claims
Bankruptcy Litigation
Court Administration
Creditors' Committee
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
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Increasing Values Result in Creative Homestead Exemption Claims

July 2024

Bankruptcy Code
522
Topic Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy

Benchnotes July 2024

July 2024

Bankruptcy Code
101
523
524
1326
Topic Tags
Claims
Bankruptcy Litigation
Practice and Procedure
Venue/Jurisdiction
Consumer Bankruptcy
Discharge/Dischargeability
Bankruptcy Taxation
Business Reorganization
Mass Torts

Prefiling Review Ok with BAP as Sanction for Filing Baseless Dischargeability Complaint

A lender was filing baseless dischargeability complaints believing that the impecunious debtors would default or settle.

9th Circuit
Friday, May 17, 2024
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
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Recoupment of Social Security Benefit Overpayments Is Barred as a Setoff

Medicaid overpayments may be recovered as ‘recoupment’ while Social Security overpayments are attempted setoffs barred by discharge, Bankruptcy Judge Harwood says.

1st Circuit
New Hampshire
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Article Tags
Claims
Bankruptcy Litigation
Corporate Governance
Court Administration
Creditors' Committee
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Business Reorganization
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
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Three Circuits Now Say ‘13’ Trustees Aren’t Paid if Dismissal Precedes Confirmation

The same question has been sub judice in the Second Circuit for 15 months. Is the Second Circuit on the cusp of making a circuit split?

7th Circuit

Collecting a Student Loan Can (Sometimes) Violate the Discharge Injunction, BAP Says

The Ninth Circuit BAP holds that nondischargeability of student loans in Section 523(a)(8) isn’t ‘self-executing.’

9th Circuit
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Article Tags
Claims
Bankruptcy Litigation
Corporate Governance
Court Administration
Creditors' Committee
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
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