Consumer Bankruptcy

Recoupment of Social Security Benefit Overpayments Is Barred as a Setoff

Medicaid overpayments may be recovered as ‘recoupment’ while Social Security overpayments are attempted setoffs barred by discharge, Bankruptcy Judge Harwood says.
7th Circuit May 3, 2024

Three Circuits Now Say ‘13’ Trustees Aren’t Paid if Dismissal Precedes Confirmation

The same question has been sub judice in the Second Circuit for 15 months. Is the Second Circuit on the cusp of making a circuit split?
9th Circuit May 3, 2024

Collecting a Student Loan Can (Sometimes) Violate the Discharge Injunction, BAP Says

The Ninth Circuit BAP holds that nondischargeability of student loans in Section 523(a)(8) isn’t ‘self-executing.’

Inside ABI May 2024

President’s Column After spending the past year shadowing our outgoing ABI President, Soneet R. Kapila of KapilaMukamal, LLP (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), I look forward to following in his footsteps as ABI President. His work with the Subchapter V Task Force has been

4th Circuit Apr 17, 2024

Fourth Circuit Says Entireties Property Is Not Exempt from Tax Debt

The lack of perfection of a federal tax lien did not mean that the entireties interest was exempt under Section 522(b)(3).

An ATV Is an Exempt ‘Motor Vehicle’ in Ohio, Judge Whipple Says

Judge Mary Ann Whipple declined to engraft a ‘use’ restriction onto the broad meaning of ‘motor vehicle’ in Ohio.

Judges Plead with Congress to Fix the Mess Created by Lamie

Sitting en banc, three judges in St. Louis effectively barred bifurcated fee arrangements in the Eastern District of Missouri.