Bankruptcy Litigation

Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Debt Collectors, Deepening Split of Circuits on the FDCPA

Appeals court finds no ‘irreconcilable conflict’ between the FDCPA and the Bankruptcy Code.
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Domino Effect on Bankruptcy Is Enough for ‘Related To’ Jurisdiction, Circuit Says

State procedural laws mandating dismissal are not applicable in federal court.
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Debt for Rape Is Dischargeable Without Proof of Subjective Intent to Injure

Proving occurrence of rape evidently does not carry a presumption of intent to injure.