Louisiana

Courts aren’t fully in agreement, but most hold that non-purchase money debt service on a car isn’t an ‘ownership cost’ deducted from current monthly income to arrive at disposable income in chapter 13.

A former bankruptcy judge, now a district judge, makes important law on involuntary petitions.

Judge Grabill finds nothing in Section 1329(d) to preclude extending the duration of a plan if payments were already in default when the CARES Act was enacted on March 27.

Bankruptcy judge finds no statutory power for a chapter 13 trustee to prosecute a lawsuit that the debtor was judicially estopped for pursuing.

Law firm suspended 90 days for multiple violations of rules of professional conduct.

Lower courts split three ways on 401(k) contributions and the calculation of disposable income in chapter 13.

Debtor’s counsel can’t recover prefiling expenses in a ‘no money down’ bankruptcy in the W.D. La.

District judge changes local practice in the bankruptcy court on interim awards in chapter 13.

The exaction for failure to purchase health insurance under the ACA is a tax for constitutional purposes but not a tax under the Bankruptcy Code, New Orleans judge rules.

Lawyers can’t be reimbursed for advancing filing fees through fee applications or ‘no-look’ fees.