consumer Cases
March 13, 2018
4th Circuit , Maryland ,
Midland Funding expanded to allow unlicensed debt collectors to file claims.
March 12, 2018
Selling a home after filing chapter 7 does not destroy the homestead exemption.
March 9, 2018
New case seems inconsistent with Second Circuit’s prior opinion compelling arbitration over an automatic stay violation.
March 8, 2018
Illinois judge interprets Rule 3002.1 as being ‘debtor-friendly,’ not as creating new grounds for denial of a chapter 13 discharge.
March 6, 2018
The parties’ wishes are insufficient to justify sealing.
March 2, 2018
District judge changes local practice in the bankruptcy court on interim awards in chapter 13.
March 1, 2018
Debtors aren’t required to turn over tax returns that don’t exist.
February 27, 2018
Debtor must violate criminal law to justify dismissal, concurring opinion says.
February 20, 2018
How to ruin a good case: have your adversary arrested during mediation.
February 15, 2018
The exaction for failure to purchase health insurance under the ACA is a tax for constitutional purposes but not a tax under the Bankruptcy Code, New Orleans judge rules.