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Debtor Not Estopped from Pursuing Inadvertently Unscheduled Claim In Best v. Kroger Co., 339 B.R. 180 (W.D. Tenn. 2006), a former chapter 13 debtor failed to schedule a pre-petition Title VII claim for sexual harassment and constructive dis…
Not surprisingly, "good faith" is an important theme in, and even a prerequisite to, the "fresh start" offered by bankruptcy. Among the Bankruptcy Code's requirements for confirmation of a chapter 13 plan is that it be proposed in good fait…
A number of reported decisions and anecdotal reports indicate that despite the efforts of Congress to curtail, if not eliminate, bankruptcy petition preparers (BPPs), this "industry" continues to thrive. BPPs run the gamut from the single o…
Each year since 1998, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST) has collected 2,000 randomly selected chapter 7 no-asset cases from across the country. All of these cases were filed, processed and closed as non-business consumer cases.…
Dear Editor: A study by Thomas Neubig of Ernst & Young in July took issue with the bankruptcy gender analysis that Teresa A. Sullivan and Elizabeth Warren prepared. Neubig hoped that his more "accurate information" would "provide the fo…