9th Circuit

Value of Collateral Does Not Limit Lender’s Fraudulent Transfer Recovery

Ninth Circuit follows the Eleventh with a liberal recovery for an intentionally fraudulent transfer.
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Orders Reversing Confirmation Are Not Final and Not Appealable

Ninth Circuit ducks a chance to rule on ‘forced vesting.’
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Spokeo Heading for an Encore in the Supreme Court

Another Spokeo opinion from the Supreme Court may trim back federal consumer protection laws.
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Bankruptcy Trustee’s Rights in Spendthrift Trusts Clarified Under California Law

California Supreme Court ignores a ‘drafting error’ in the state’s Probate Code.
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Commissions Earned After Bankruptcy Are Estate Property

State law doesn’t ultimately control what is or isn’t estate property.
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Tough Civil Sanctions for Contempt of Turnover Order

Two years in jail and $1,000 in daily fines are ok as civil contempt sanctions.
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Ninth Circuit Joins Minority in Allowing Sales Free & Clear of Leases

Adequate protection is a ‘powerful check’ on selling real estate free of leases, circuit says.
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Ninth Circuit Revises an Automatic Stay Opinion from Three Years Ago

Appeals court avoids a split of circuits by deciding a different issue this time.
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Collecting Criminal Restitution Does Not Violate the Automatic Stay

Three circuits permit collection of criminal restitution despite the automatic stay.
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Discharge Revocation Deadline is NOT Jurisdictional, Ninth Circuit Holds

Ninth Circuit is hesitant to make bankruptcy time deadlines jurisdictional.
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