Creating a Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit Allows Retirement Contributions in Chapter 13
The Ninth Circuit split with the Sixth Circuit in the interpretation of the ‘hanging paragraph’ in Section 541(b)(7). Courts are divided four ways on whether or how much a ‘13’ debtor may contribute to voluntary retirement plans after filing.
Ninth Circuit Puts Limits on the Supreme Court’s Preclusion of Equitable Remedies
Law v. Siegel didn’t bar bankruptcy courts from invoking doctrines of claim and issue preclusion, the Ninth Circuit says.