September 29, 2021
Confirming a chapter 13 plan on the assumption that a claim was entitled to priority didn’t bar the debtors from later objecting to the priority of the claim.
September 20, 2021
The Tenth Circuit will likely take sides on a split between the Ninth and Seventh Circuits on Section 544(b) state-law claims brought by a trustee in the shoes of an actual creditor.
10th Circuit , Utah ,
September 10, 2021
Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in New York held that a civil penalty wasn’t discharged even though the fraud wasn’t committed against the government.
July 2, 2021
In Pennsylvania, a gaming license isn’t ‘property.’ It’s a revocable license that can’t be owned.
May 28, 2021
Circuit Judge Ambro generously interprets Katz to mean that ratification of the Constitution waived state sovereign immunity broadly for suits to augment a bankrupt estate.
April 28, 2021
The appeals court reviews the ‘totality of the circumstances’ when government action has elements of both regulatory enforcement and furtherance of the state’s pecuniary interest.
April 14, 2021
Fourth Circuit expands federal government’s setoff rights under the Treasury Offset Program.
March 22, 2021
Eligibility for an income-based repayment program is relevant only on the third Brunner test regarding good faith.
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
March 17, 2021
Second Circuit insinuates that “undue hardship” and the Brunner test are synonymous.
February 18, 2021
Even though the debtor was no longer in business, a Medicaid fraud suit was not subject to the automatic stay and thus served as a deterrent to others.