BAP Gives Trustee a Heavy Burden to Prove Fraudulent Exemption Planning
Amendments in 2005 didn’t result in a cakewalk for a trustee aiming to reduce a homestead exemption.
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Even Without a Mediation Privilege, Mediation Statement Is Protected from Discovery
Work product and opinion privileges protect mediation statement from discovery.
Substantive Consolidation with Non-Bankrupt Religious Institutions Barred by Section 303(a)
Substantive consolidation and involuntary bankruptcy are equivalent, district judge holds.
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Is There a Lien on Entireties Property from a Judgment Against Only One Spouse?
Eighth Circuit undertakes an arcane analysis of a question with little practical consequence.
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Two Circuits Tackle Rooker-Feldman in Opinions on the Same Day
Rooker-Feldman, Res Judicata and Issue Preclusion: nearly indistinguishable triplets separated at birth.
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Section 303(a) Precludes Substantive Consolidation Among Religious Institutions
Pleading hierarchical control is insufficient for substantive consolidation.
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Circuits Starkly Split on Filing Time-Barred Claims as Violations of the FDCPA
Eighth Circuit says bankruptcy adequately protects debtors from assertion of stale claims.
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Disallowance of Nondischargeable Debt Does Not Bar Later Collection, B.A.P. Says
Eighth Circuit B.A.P. majority allows collection of disallowed priority claims.
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Bankruptcy Judge Sidesteps State Prohibition Against Ponzi Scheme Presumptions
Judge resuscitates Petters suits to recover fictitious profits paid in a Ponzi scheme.
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Substantive Consolidation Does Not Supply Actual Creditor for 544(b) Suit
Petters bankruptcy spawns another monumental Ponzi scheme opinion.
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