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A prevailing party can’t appeal arguably erroneous findings.

A successful outcome does not entitle an attorney to be paid for performing administrative services delegated to the trustee.

The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.

The EITC and the ACTC are both exempt in states with broadly defined “public assistance,” the Ninth Circuit BAP says.

The new decision from the Second Circuit is based on prior opinions where the appeals court said there was no “jurisdiction” when it would have been correct to say there was no “power.”

A panel of the Ninth Circuit implicitly urged en banc reversal of two decisions holding that a homestead exemption is lost if the proceeds are not reinvested within the time required by state law, even if the exemption was valid on the filing date.

The U.S. Solicitor General wants the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split and decide whether the increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with bankruptcy administrators.

Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.

The Eleventh Circuit has two standards for non-debtor releases: One for free-standing settlements and another for releases engrafted into chapter 11 reorganization plans

An arbitration case to be argued in November may inform bankruptcy courts whether they must enforce arbitration agreements.