Inside ABI September 2024
President’s Column I have now had the honor of starting several regional conferences with the opening remarks. Good thing I am a morning person, as 7:30 a.m. comes quickly after these Opening Receptions! If you have been to any of my remarks at recent ABI conferences
Legislative Highlights September 2024
Legislative Highlights Legislation Aims to Deter “Texas Two-Step” Maneuver in Bankruptcy U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Representatives Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio) and Lance Gooden (R-Texas), on July 23 introduced the “Ending Corporate
Sovereign Immunity Is Difficult (Impossible?) to Waive in the Ninth Circuit
Reversing the BAP, the Ninth Circuit held that counsel’s oral waiver of sovereign immunity did not bind the state.
A Wholly Unsecured Lien May Be Stripped Off Even if It Predated Ownership
Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner held that a wholly unsecured, subordinate lien may be stripped off in chapter 13 even if the lien arose before the debtor owned the property.
Chapter 13 Debtors Keep Property that Was Unintentionally Undisclosed
Revesting allowed chapter 13 debtors to retain property that was innocently undisclosed.