Estimated Tax Payments Made Before Filing Aren’t Fraudulent Transfers to the IRS

Quick Take When estimated tax payments are ‘reasonable’ estimates of the year’s taxes, they aren’t fraudulent transfers, district judge says

Where, Oh Where, Are the Child-Support Creditors? By Hon. Elizabeth Gunn, Stuart Wilson-Patton and William R. Pursell 1 It is axiomatic that bankruptcy law in the U.S. is designed to provide a fresh start to individuals weighed down by unfa…

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May
2025

Bankruptcy Judge Upheld: No Arbitration on Claims for Violating the Automatic Stay

Quick Take Bankruptcy Judge Paul Black was affirmed in district court for holding that arbitration of claims for violating the automatic stay would conflict with the centrality of administration in bankruptcy cases.
9th Circuit Mar 20, 2025

Equity Survives in the Ninth Circuit to Prevent Recoupment of Disability Overpayments

Quick Take Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that equitable considerations may stop the government from recovering disability overpayments, when the doctrine of recoupment otherwise would have allowed recovery despite the debtor’s chapter 7 discharge.