Consumer Bankruptcy

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

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Business Reorganization

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

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Corporate Governance

Court Administration

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Consumer Bankruptcy

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Co-Chairs’ Corner

Heather Giannino and Hannah Hutman, co-chairs of ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Committee, thank all committee members for their participation this year.

Recent Consumer/Creditor Privacy Issues in Crypto Industry Bankruptcies

Over the past year, case law around privacy and data security has been evolving in crypto industry bankruptcies, as courts grapple with familiar issues in a new industry. Debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees and other proponents of greater privacy for creditors of crypto companies argue that greater precautions are required because crypto company creditors are more likely than creditors of other types of companies to be targeted by identity theft and scams.

Friday, January 5, 2024

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Ethics

Fraud

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Consumer Bankruptcy

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U.S. Trustee Dodged Payment of Attorneys’ Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act

The Sixth Circuit holds that a debtor cannot recover attorneys’ fees from the U.S. Trustee under the EAJA in a contested matter, but leaves open the possibility of liability for counsel fees in a losing adversary proceeding.

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6th Circuit