January 12, 2016
Powers of an assignee for creditors are restrictive, not expansive.
Ninth Circuit gets it right on life insurance policies being property of the estate.
January 11, 2016
Generic language won’t release third parties in the Fifth Circuit.
Employing nonattorneys is a false economy for debt collectors.
Plan insulating business owners flunks the test for third-party releases.
BAP makes life easier on trustee in objecting to exemptions.
January 8, 2016
New GM and ignition switch plaintiffs play high-stakes poker in federal court.
Lehman co-underwriters are stuck with worthless contribution claims.
Chicago bankruptcy judge opines on how the circuit should rule on the FDCPA.
Kansas Judge Janice Karlin sympathizes with consumers who can’t afford fees up front.
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