February 15, 2019
An appellate court will decide whether four years of jailing means that civil incarceration has become futile.
February 13, 2019
A non-objecting creditor is bound by a third-party release even if the release may have been improper.
A non-objecting creditor is bound by a third-party release even if the release may have been improper.
February 11, 2019
A ‘cert’ petition asks the high court to overrule Dewsnup and allow chapter 7 debtors to strip down or strip off undersecured mortgages.
A ‘cert’ petition asks the high court to overrule Dewsnup and allow chapter 7 debtors to strip down or strip off undersecured mortgages.
February 8, 2019
The Seventh Circuit’s opinion interpreting the amendment to Rule 62 is nonprecedential and prompted a dissent, and it may apply only in some states.
The Seventh Circuit’s opinion interpreting the amendment to Rule 62 is nonprecedential and prompted a dissent, and it may apply only in some states.
The date of the closing of a case is not a ‘specified period’ invoking Rule 9006(b)(1) and requiring a debtor to show excusable neglect before amending schedules to claim an exemption.
The date of the closing of a case is not a ‘specified period’ invoking Rule 9006(b)(1) and requiring a debtor to show excusable neglect before amending schedules to claim an exemption.
February 7, 2019
An appeal from an integrated sale and settlement can be dismissed under Section 363(m), the Fifth Circuit says.