consumer Cases
June 22, 2018
Federal student loan proceeds were never the parents’ property and thus could not be recovered by a trustee.
June 20, 2018
Prepetition judgments for attorneys’ fees are not sacrosanct in bankruptcy.
June 15, 2018
Fraudulent intent can’t be inferred from failure to disclose assets that became worthless before bankruptcy, Tenth Circuit says.
June 13, 2018
BAP equates discovery powers of bankruptcy courts with district courts and federal agencies.
June 12, 2018
Seven weeks apart, two circuits reach diametrically different conclusions about good faith as a defense to an intentional act that violates the discharge injunction.
June 11, 2018
Although the debtor only intended to halt eviction, the Seventh Circuit enhanced the sentence to reflect the claims of all creditors.
June 7, 2018
Sympathy for a client won’t make up for counsel’s mistake.
June 4, 2018
2nd Circuit , New York ,
Courts split on the dischargeability of debts incurred in the course of divorce or separation.
June 4, 2018
Section 502(b)(4) shields debtors from overreaching lawyers in a new context.
June 4, 2018
High court resolves a circuit split on Section 523(a)(2)(B) and the meaning of “financial condition.”