Over the past year, case law around privacy and data security has been evolving in crypto industry bankruptcies, as courts grapple with familiar issues in a new industry.
With the U.S. Trustee Program announcing that § 341 meetings for all chapter 7 and 13 cases will be heading to Zoom, there is no turning back now. Most routine consumer bankruptcy cases can now be completed without the debtor ever leaving home.
When a debtor’s assets appreciate after filing a chapter 13 petition, historically that appreciation has inured to the debtor and not to the estate [1].
One of the most highly anticipated events of the year, ABI’s online Consumer Practice Extravaganza (CPEX) will return October 30-November 10, with on-demand access for an additional 60 days.
Congress’s decision to use the passive voice has cost at least one debtor the discharge of a significant debt. The U.S. Supreme Court in Bartenwerfer v.
Consumer and business bankruptcy attorneys alike have been conditioned to feel fear or awe, depending on the circumstances, at hearing the name Clifford White for almost 20 years.
Sometimes it is better for the trustee not to object to an “arguably” inapplicable claim of exemption. That’s one of the takeaways from the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in Biondo v. Gold, Lange, Majoros & Smalarz P.C.
One year ago, the value of cryptocurrencies exploded. Some invested their life savings to purchase crypto, [1] and some made lucrative, life-changing returns doing so.
A chapter 13 bankruptcy allows a defaulted homeowner the unique benefit of saving real property, along with other secured debt. Given the benefits of chapter 13, this particular type of bankruptcy has the ability to help a large mass of people, and as such requires an orderly administration.