Rochelle's Daily Wire

In fee allowances, considering ‘results obtained’ survived the 1994 amendments to Section 330(a).

The Seventh Circuit doesn’t accept a debtor’s asset schedules as gospel in deciding whether there is appellate standing.

Surprisingly, no court had previously ruled on whether a golf cart can be exempt.

The First Circuit BAP suggests that invocation of the borrower defense with regard to dischargeability of student loans requires exhaustion of administrative remedies in the Department of Education.

The Ninth Circuit again questions the Supreme Court’s ‘atextual’ analysis of Section 523(a)(7).

If the government isn’t suing on a claim originally owing to the U.S., a trustee can’t use the six-year statute of limitations in the FDCPA.

Two or three years from now, the Tenth Circuit may have a chance to agree or disagree with the Fifth Circuit on an important question under Section 544(b).

Jury instructions and a special verdict form can determine whether issue preclusion automatically results in nondischargeability.

Congress left a gap in the statute for perfecting a tax lien on personal property against someone who has no ascertainable residence.

With little authority one way or the other, lower courts are split on whether Social Security benefits lose their exemption if withheld and later paid as a tax refund.