Eighth Circuit Has No Per Se Rule Disallowing Exemptions for IRAs in Divorce
Eighth Circuit may have rejected blanket disallowance of exemptions for retirement accounts transferred in divorce.
Eighth Circuit Broadly Interprets the FDCPA to Protect Consumers
The Eighth Circuit bars clever litigation tactics designed to evade the FDCPA on suits to collect time-barred claims.
Eighth Circuit Touches All the Bases on Preferences from Covering Bank Overdrafts
‘Ordinary course’ defense failed when overdrafts spiked during the preference period.
Circuits Starkly Split on Filing Time-Barred Claims as Violations of the FDCPA
Eighth Circuit says bankruptcy adequately protects debtors from assertion of stale claims.
Eighth Circuit Ignores Supreme Court’s Loose Language in Harris
Clever debtor’s lawyer trots out Bankruptcy Act concepts but loses.