Consumer Bankruptcy

2nd Circuit Connecticut Nov 20, 2019

Rifle Held Exempt as Household Goods in Georgia but Not in Connecticut

Claiming a firearm is owned for defense of the household raises the odds that the gun will be exempt as household goods.
9th Circuit Oregon Aug 23, 2019

Student Loans Discharged in Part, Even Though Debtor Wasn’t Destitute

A bankruptcy judge can afford little relief from student loans, even for sympathetic debtors who try hard to repay their debts.
Supreme Court Nov 13, 2019

Supreme Court Grapples with ‘Finality’ in Ritzen v. Jackson Masonry

Justices may narrow Bullard by drawing back from the requirement that finality requires a change in the status quo.
1st Circuit Nov 12, 2019

First Circuit Starkly Holds that Tuition for an Adult Child Is a Fraudulent Transfer

The case in the appeals court apparently did not involve a student account structured to prevent the college from being the initial recipient of a fraudulent transfer.