Illinois Northern District

Parroting a local rule made the retention agreement more confusing, not less.

Only one circuit court has opined on the ability of a bankruptcy court under Rule 9006(b) to extend the deadline for filing avoidance actions.

Chicago’s Bankruptcy Judge Donald Cassling nixed an idea that would have made chapter 13 unpalatable for debtors’ counsel.

Wife who contributed nothing toward household expenses is still counted as part of the ‘household,’ Chicago’s Judge Slade says.

A class action in Chicago will decide whether bankruptcy judges have the tools to rectify a single creditor’s violation of the rights of similarly situated debtors.

Whoever was overwithheld is entitled to the IRS refund when one spouse doesn’t file, Judge Michael Slade says.

Circuits are split on whether claims for contempt of the discharge injunction must be brought in the bankruptcy court that issued the discharge.

When there has been a division of marital property, does a debtor only hold legal title to property given to the spouse?

Chicago Bankruptcy Judge David Cleary followed a decision by then-district Judge David Hamilton and “respectfully” disagreed with decisions by two predecessors on the same bankruptcy bench.

Within the next year, four circuits will have ruled on a split where some lower courts pay chapter 13 trustees and others don’t when dismissal precedes confirmation.