CPEX

Jun 29, 2025

Eleven Weeks After Discharge

6th Circuit Tennessee Tennessee Middle District Jun 24, 2025

Sixth Circuit Restricts Ability to Surrender Collateral and Modify a Chapter 13 Plan

Quick Take Once a chapter 13 plan is confirmed, a debtor in the Sixth Circuit may not surrender collateral and treat the deficiency as an unsecured claim.

Jun 26, 2025

How Does an “Automatic Stay” Work in Pennsylvania?

Jun 26, 2025

How Does an “Automatic Stay” Work in Pennsylvania?

9th Circuit California California Eastern District Jun 9, 2025

There’s Reciprocal Fee-Shifting in California When a Contract Has Unilateral Fee-Shifting

Quick Take In California, bringing litigation with a marginal possibility of success could be a bad bet whenever a contract permits one side to recover attorneys’ fees.

7th Circuit Jun 20, 2025

Comparative Fault Doesn’t Require Reduced Attorneys’ Fees for Discharge Violations

Quick Take Seventh Circuit holds that comparative fault requires a reduction in compensatory damages for a discharge violation but not for a debtor’s attorneys’ fees.

Consumer Bankruptcy Business Reorganization

Inside ABI July 2025

President’s Column This is the first column that I’ve written after this year’s Annual Spring Meeting, and although it will be summer before you read these words, that conference is still fresh in my mind. I loved seeing many of you at the …

AB ABI BH Bruce A. Harwood

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Jul
2025

Legislation Consumer Bankruptcy Business Reorganization

Legislative Highlights July 2025

Legislative Highlights Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Double Chapter 7 Trustee Compensation for No-Asset Cases Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on May 7 introduced S. 1659, the “Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025,” 1 to double…

AB ABI

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Jul
2025

Jun 23, 2025

When Does the Postal Service Deliver Your Chapter 13 payment?

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