consumer Cases
June 15, 2022
The Supreme Court on June 13 declined to hear two bankruptcy cases in the term to begin next October.
June 2, 2022
8th Circuit , Minnesota ,
Local rules require lawyers to prepare and fill all required chapter 7 papers regardless of whether the debtor pays the fee or agrees to pay the fee.
May 31, 2022
Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.
May 27, 2022
10th Circuit , Utah ,
In a case headed for the Tenth Circuit, upholding the dignity of the court overcame the automatic stay.
May 25, 2022
Even if a dischargeability suit is based on a contract, the winner is not entitled to fee-shifting if the court rules on noncontract issues.
May 20, 2022
Finally, a circuit court cites Taggart to help a debtor enforce the discharge injunction.
May 19, 2022
The Ninth Circuit equates nonjudicial foreclosure with bankruptcy discharge in terms of the effect on deficiencies following foreclosure.
May 18, 2022
The Affordable Care Act’s ‘individual mandate’ was a tax measured by income, thus giving the IRS a priority tax claim.
May 17, 2022
The decision by the Supreme Court next term in Bartenwerfer will tell us whether debts can be automatically nondischargeable, even when the debtor is without fault.
May 12, 2022
The Second Circuit says that an initial ‘recipient’ isn’t automatically an initial ‘transferee’ liable for an avoidable transfer under Section 550(a)(1).