consumer Cases
January 12, 2016
Debatable Ninth Circuit opinion begs for rehearing en banc or for certiorari petition.
January 12, 2016
Ninth Circuit gets it right on life insurance policies being property of the estate.
January 11, 2016
Employing nonattorneys is a false economy for debt collectors.
January 11, 2016
BAP makes life easier on trustee in objecting to exemptions.
January 8, 2016
Chicago bankruptcy judge opines on how the circuit should rule on the FDCPA.
January 8, 2016
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Kansas Judge Janice Karlin sympathizes with consumers who can’t afford fees up front.
January 7, 2016
Gutsy Ninth Circuit BAP importunes the Supreme Court to rule on late-filed tax returns.
January 7, 2016
Ninth Circuit BAP removes another potential barrier to using “chapter 20.”
January 7, 2016
Equity powers enable a judge to put the screws to a chapter 13 debtor.
January 5, 2016
10th Circuit , Kansas ,
Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.