consumer Cases
January 23, 2018
California judge won’t bar the debtor from settling for more than the original $6 million in compensatory damages while forsaking $40 million in punitive damages earmarked for public interest groups.
January 22, 2018
Lender cannot hide behind a disclaimer to avoid sanctions for violating the discharge injunction, Ninth Circuit BAP holds.
January 15, 2018
High court to decide whether a false oral statement about one asset results in nondischargeability.
January 10, 2018
Mortgage lender fails to export the Eleventh Circuit’s Failla decision to the Ninth Circuit.
January 9, 2018
ICRPs are always a factor in discharging student loans.
January 4, 2018
Large student loans do not justify dismissal of a chapter 13 case when chapter 11 is the only alternative, Bankruptcy Judge Janet S. Baer says.
January 3, 2018
Boasting about ‘strong financial condition’ must be in writing for the debt to be nondischargeable, Fifth Circuit says.
December 29, 2017
Converting to chapter 13 to prevent the sale of a home in chapter 7 is not bad faith.
December 22, 2017
Windy City plunges into the circuit split on inaction as a violation of the automatic stay.
December 21, 2017
Another court rules on automatic removal of property from the estate under state law.