9th Circuit

Non-consumer debts must be related to an existing business or current job.

Appellate panel rides to the rescue and saves a couple about to lose their home.

You can’t stiff your creditors and profit from an inadvertent stay violation claim.

Advanced degrees for once were no bar to discharging student loans.

Sloppy drafting in BAPCPA puts individuals at the mercy of dominant creditors in chapter 11.

Perhaps a civil contempt order should sometimes be final in bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy mavens, take note: Late-filing fines for tax returns kick in Oct. 15.

Enforcing arbitration clause turns on core vs. non-core distinction.

9th Circuit BAP opinion broadly puts welfare payments beyond reach of chapter 13 creditors.

Ninth Circuit gets it right on life insurance policies being property of the estate.