consumer Cases
September 9, 2016
Exemption value to be decided at a ‘one-shot’ public auction.
September 8, 2016
9th Circuit , Idaho ,
Subprime loan and mortgage abuses generate interesting question worthy of a law school final exam.
September 7, 2016
Georgia judge parts with ‘overwhelming majority’ of decisions precluding balloon payments.
September 1, 2016
Debtors must maintain exempt status of assets until chapter 7 case is closed, judge rules.
August 30, 2016
Second Circuit primed to agree or split with three circuits on ‘chapter 20’ lien stripping.
August 30, 2016
For serial filers, automatic stay held to terminate only on the debtor’s property.
August 29, 2016
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. goes easy on a debtor who can’t afford to own a car on her own.
August 24, 2016
Debt not resulting from ‘actual fraud’ is nondischargeable if fraud is grounds for veil piercing, Tenth Circuit B.A.P. holds.
August 19, 2016
Evidence Rule 701 requires the homeowner’s opinion on value, not someone else’s.
August 18, 2016
Showing intentional violation of court order isn’t enough for nondischargeability.