Divorcing Couples Not Stuck with Exemptions Claimed at Filing
You need two homestead exemptions? Divorce is the answer.
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Classifies a Loan for Living Expenses as a Business Debt
Personal loan with a profit objective becomes a business debt.
Circuit Split Widens on Test for Nondischargeability from Late-Filed Tax Returns
Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.
Chapter 7 Debtors’ Access to Counsel Threatened by B.A.P. Opinion
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. highlights discrimination against chapter 7 debtors.
California’s Fee-Shifting Statute Still Does Not Apply to Lift-Stay Motions
District Court says Supreme Court did not impliedly overrule Ninth Circuit’s Johnson decision.
Circuit Rules Against Equitable Tolling for Objections to Discharge
Section 727(a)(2) is not a statute of limitations, Ninth Circuit holds.
Involuntary Servitude Claim Raised in Involuntary Chapter 11
Did Congress make another constitutional mistake in BAPCPA?
Ninth Circuit Says 1980s Supreme Court Opinion Out of Step with Plain Meaning
High court should revisit Kelly v. Robinson from 1986, circuit court says.
Dischargeability Judgment Must Not Lower Interest on a Creditor’s Judgment
Abuse of discretion automatically results if a judgment harms a defrauded creditor.
Courts Split on Stripping Down Residential Mortgages in Chapter 11
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. and Third Circuit duke it out over Section 1123(b)(5).