consumer Cases
May 20, 2016
Rule 3002(c) has the only permissible grounds for allowing a late claim.
May 19, 2016
Panel trustee suspended for unfair, harsh, accusatory examination of debtors.
May 17, 2016
Supreme Court reverses Fifth Circuit on ‘actual fraud’ dischargeability case.
May 16, 2016
Courts split on whether failure to redeem on time is fatal in reorganization.
May 13, 2016
Detroit judge makes auto lease assumption valid without parallel reaffirmation.
May 9, 2016
Conversion to chapter 7 bars judicial estoppel on claim arising after filing.
May 5, 2016
District court arguably tightened Eleventh Circuit’s test on student loan dischargeability.
May 2, 2016
Sixth Circuit BAP opens up a can of worms on state bankruptcy laws.
April 29, 2016
Clever debtor’s lawyer trots out Bankruptcy Act concepts but loses.
April 29, 2016
Bar to modification of a home mortgage trumps ability to cure in chapter 13.