May 9, 2023
An election for having a tax refund applied to the following year’s taxes can result in the loss of discharge.
April 20, 2023
Contrary to the Fourth Circuit, five bankruptcy courts have now held there’s no such thing as nondischargeability for corporate Sub V debtors. The question is now before the Fifth Circuit.
April 7, 2023
In the Alex Jones corporate Subchapter V case, Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said that the later chapter 11 filing by Jones himself, with about $1.5 billion in debt, didn’t kick the corporate debtor out of Subchapter V and into ‘ordinary’ chapter 11.
February 23, 2023
The opinion by Justice Barrett largely bases the outcome on the use of the passive voice in Section 523(a)(2)(A).
February 10, 2023
To avoid automatic nondischargeability, the debtor in the settlement of a fraud suit must deny liability.
February 6, 2023
When a stay violator refused to reimburse debtor’s counsel for fees to stop the stay violation, Judge Rebecca Connelly awarded attorneys’ fees for time spent to collect attorneys’ fees.
January 27, 2023
Bankruptcy Judge Gunn from D.C. sides with the majority to hold that “personal injury” does not require physical injury but may include reputational harm.
January 17, 2023
The Fair Credit Reporting Act doesn’t require credit reporting agencies to resolve disputed facts or law about the discharge of private student loans.
December 16, 2022
Some tasks are too complex for lawyers and should be performed by paralegals.
December 8, 2022
Will the Supreme Court add words to Section 523(a)(2)(A) to yield a result that the justices find more palatable?