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Legislative Highlights February 2024

Feb 2024

Topic Tags
Legislation
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization

Credit-Rating Agency Reform in the Shadow of Dodd-Frank

April 2024

Topic Tags
Legislation
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt

Congress Must Act to Permit Chapter 7 Debtors to Pay Counsel After Filing

Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.

3rd Circuit
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Western District

Bankruptcy Is No Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for a Disobedient Debtor

When there has been a division of marital property, does a debtor only hold legal title to property given to the spouse?

7th Circuit
Illinois
Illinois Northern District
Friday, January 26, 2024
Article Tags
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Debt
Finance and Banking
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Must Debtors Contribute Exempt Assets to Pay Creditors?

March 2024

Bankruptcy Code
522
1325
1329
Topic Tags
BAPCPA at 10
Plan Confirmation
Consumer Bankruptcy

Agreements in Settlement of Nondischargeable Debts Are Themselves Nondischargeable

Fourth Circuit holds that attorneys’ fees and interest in pursuit of nondischargeable debts are themselves nondischargeable.

4th Circuit
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Article Tags
Claims
Bankruptcy Litigation
Corporate Governance
Court Administration
Creditors' Committee
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Mass Torts
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Article Tags
Asset Sales
Court Administration
Consumer Bankruptcy
Business Reorganization
Real Estate
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Courts Are Split on Including a Nonfiling Spouse’s Social Security Benefits

Judge Beth Buchanan decided that the ‘totality of the circumstances’ test for ‘abuse’ doesn’t permit disregarding the exemption for Social Security benefits.

6th Circuit
Ohio
Ohio Southern District
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