Joining the Tenth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit also has held that chapter 13 trustees are not paid their fees when cases are dismissed before confirmation. The identical issue was argued on February 15 before the Second Circuit.
In short order, we’ll have either unanimity or a split of circuits. A split will give rise to an issue worthy of a grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit’s opinion on June 12 adopted reasoning in an amicus brief filed in support of the debtor by the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
If tribal law is written correctly, a tribe member’s share of gaming revenue is not estate property under Section 541(a), even if state law might give a different result, according to Chief Bankruptcy.....
Even though there was benefit only to the debtor and none to the estate, a chapter 13 debtor’s lawyer was entitled to compensation under Section 330(a)(4)(B), an exception to the so-called American.....
On a question where the courts are split, Bankruptcy Judge Jerrold N. Poslusny, Jr. of Camden, N.J., allowed a debtor to pay post-petition mortgage arrears through an amended chapter 13 plan.
Siding.....
Respectfully, something is wrong with a law that won’t allow a 68-year-old woman to discharge all of her student loans quickly and easily when her $43,000 annual income won’t cover her basic living.....
Trimming back the already narrow definition of standing laid down in Spokeo Inc. v. Robins, 578 U.S. 330 (2016), the Supreme Court held 5/4 on June 25 that “an injury in law is not an injury in fact.”.....
The Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel approved a bifurcated fee arrangement, so long as the chapter 7 debtor pays nothing more after filing than would have been paid if the retainer were paid.....
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laurel M. Isicoff of Miami wrote an opinion that serves the purpose of a local rule by explaining how and when a consumer can sign up for a so-called bifurcated arrangement to.....
Going beyond the appeals court’s own decision eight months ago, the Eleventh Circuit has now created a stark split of circuits by holding that the Barton doctrine does not protect a bankruptcy trustee.....
An award of treble damages in arbitration for a willful violation of state law doesn’t mean that the debt is automatically excepted from discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A), for reasons explained by.....
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Maureen A. Tighe of Woodland Hills, Calif., rejected the U.S. Trustee’s contention that Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Acevedo Feliciano, 140 S. Ct. 696.....