Consumer Bankruptcy

9th Circuit Jun 17, 2022

Chapter 7 Debtors Have No Appellate Standing to Challenge a Short Sale, BAP Says

BAP doesn’t allow debtors to appeal when a trustee sells their home out from underneath them in a short sale.
8th Circuit Minnesota May 19, 2022

Bankruptcy Courts in Colorado and Minnesota Bar Bifurcated Fee Arrangements

Local rules require lawyers to prepare and fill all required chapter 7 papers regardless of whether the debtor pays the fee or agrees to pay the fee.
Supreme Court May 23, 2022

Supreme Court on Arbitration (Again): Perhaps Bankruptcy Is Exempt from Arbitration?

Cutting back on knee-jerk invocation of arbitration, the Supreme Court says that agreements to arbitrate are no more enforceable than ordinary contracts.