Consumer Bankruptcy

Keeping that Simple No-Asset Case a No-Asset Case: Recent Areas of Chapter 7 Trustee Activity

The Ethics Trifecta: How to Avoid Sanctionable Lawyer Behavior, Crossing the Line in Pre-Petition Planning, and Dangerous Conflicts of Interest

Many Unhappy Returns: Another Hanging Paragraph Creates a Trap for Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers

A Collision Between Two Worlds: Estate Planning vs. Bankruptcy

Tenth Circuit Examines Three Versions of Appellate Mootness

Good faith finding is required before dismissal of an appeal under Section 363(m).

District Court Not Bound by Unopposed Objections to Proposed Findings and Conclusions

Fifth Circuit liberates district judges in adopting or rejecting bankruptcy court’s proposed rulings.

Plan Permitted to Stretch Out Redemption Payments Following a Tax Sale

Courts split on whether failure to redeem on time is fatal in a reorganization.