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Discharge/Dischargeability

Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
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Debt for Selling a Gun Used in a Mass Killing Was Dischargeable

Congress might want to consider closing a dischargeability loophole when it comes to injuries indirectly resulting from commission of a felony.

5th Circuit
Texas
Texas Northern District
Monday, July 17, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Predatory Lending
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Equitable Tolling Cannot Extend the Deadline for a Dischargeability Objection

The Third Circuit lauded Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt for a ‘well-reasoned’ opinion correctly interpreting Supreme Court authority.

3rd Circuit

Bartenwerfer Doesn’t Apply if the Debtor Isn’t a Partner or Agent, Bankruptcy Judge Says

Bankruptcy Judge Klinette H. Kindred declined to expand Bartenwerfer by imputing fraud or larceny when the debtor wasn’t a partner or agent.

4th Circuit
Virginia
Virginia Eastern District
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Article Tags
Court Administration
Discharge/Dischargeability
Business Reorganization
Govt. Claims/Sovereign Immunity
Small Business
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Ninth Circuit BAP Holds that Debts of Corporate Sub V Debtors Can’t Be Nondischargeable

Disputing the Fourth Circuit line by line and raising the possibility of a circuit split, the BAP and six bankruptcy courts have held that there’s no such thing as nondischargeability for corporate Sub V debtors.

9th Circuit

Protecting Client-Protection Funds from Attorney Bankruptcy

Sept 2023

Topic Tags
Ethics
Discharge/Dischargeability
Monday, July 3, 2023
Article Tags
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
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Monday, July 3, 2023
Article Tags
Court Administration
Consumer Debt
Discharge/Dischargeability
Finance and Banking
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