April 23, 2024
Violating a PACA trust does not result in ‘defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity’ that makes a debt nondischargeable, Bankruptcy Judge Panos says, taking sides with the Eleventh Circuit.
September 14, 2023
Chapter 7 can be inaccessible for a married debtor living in the same household with a nonfiling spouse who has substantial income.
May 24, 2021
Massachusetts bankruptcy judge requires flexibility from both the government and the debtor who is saddled with huge student loans.
October 22, 2020
Section 106 wasn’t sufficiently explicit to waive sovereign immunity for Indian tribes, Judge Frank Bailey said in siding with the Sixth Circuit and differing with the Ninth Circuit.
September 12, 2019
Judge Hoffman’s analysis comports with the ABI Commission’s recommendations for improvements in lease assumptions by chapter 7 debtors under Section 365(p).
July 8, 2019
Like physics, bankruptcy searches for a unified theory to explain claims by and against the estate.
Like physics, bankruptcy searches for a unified theory to explain claims by and against the estate.
September 24, 2018
Courts split on allowing compensation to a chapter 7 trustee when the case is converted to chapter 13 before distributions were made.
Courts split on allowing compensation to a chapter 7 trustee when the case is converted to chapter 13 before distributions were made.
August 6, 2018
Two Boston judges agree: The 10% penalty for early withdrawals from a retirement account doesn’t have priority under Section 508(a)(8).