consumer Cases
April 11, 2016
Plan can’t cause default on a home mortgage to pay a debtor’s lawyer first.
April 5, 2016
Judge ducks ability to reconvert previously converted case to chapter 13.
April 1, 2016
Eleventh Circuit keeps taxpayer on the hook for late-filed tax returns.
March 31, 2016
Judge bends over backward so debtor can keep an $80,000 windfall.
March 25, 2016
State courts should rule on state law issues, says circuit panel including Richard Posner.
March 24, 2016
The repo man will face no competition from the bankruptcy court.
March 23, 2016
$1,000 in damages justifies $36,000 in attorneys’ fees for violating the FDCPA.
March 22, 2016
Lawyer’s malpractice can satisfy Bullock’s recklessness standard for nondischargeability.
March 17, 2016
9th Circuit , Oregon ,
Abuse of discretion automatically results if a judgment harms a defrauded creditor.