2nd Circuit

Long Island judge finds no ambiguity in two statutes that other courts have found ambiguous when read together.

A homestead exemption does not bar selling a home when the chapter 7 debtor has no equity in the property, Judge Robert Grossman says.

Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn imposed civil contempt sanctions for ignoring court orders over five years.

A properly drafted union contract still failed to leave a company officer with a nondischargeable debt for failing to make employer contributions to a union welfare fund.

Is Taggart just a defense that can be waived, or must a debtor plead and prove ‘no objectively reasonable basis’ in a motion for contempt of discharge?

Second Circuit says that later Supreme Court authority did not undermine the appeals court’s prior decision that creditors cannot compel arbitration of discharge violations.

Bankruptcy Judge Grossman explores the extent to which the Supreme Court’s Acevedo decision bars courts from granting relief retroactively.

Calling the Madoff trustee a liar and basing a discovery motion on facts known to be false resulted in sanctions under Rule 37(a)(5)(B).

Judge Grossman finds a way to grant allowances of compensation for services performed before the entry of a retention order.

A judicial lien may be avoided under Section 522(f) only if the lien attached after the debtor acquired the property.