Consumer Bankruptcy

Motions for fees must be made within 14 days of the entry of judgment.

The majority in the Fourth Circuit based a bright-line rule on the presence of the word ‘the’ in Section 327(a).

Claiming 100% of FMV didn’t enable debtors to exempt more than the statutory cap when there had been no objection to the exemption claim.

Tyler was applied retroactively because the debtor’s efforts to set aside a tax foreclosure judgment were ‘in the pipeline’ when bankruptcy began.

President’s Column Subchapter V All members should know that ABI’s Subchapter V Task Force unveiled its final report of recommendations at the Annual Spring Meeting in April. The Final Report revealed that subchapter V of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is achieving

Legislative Highlights Number of Borrowers Utilizing New Student Loan Discharge Process Continues to Increase The Justice Department, in close coordination with the Department of Education, announced 1 on July 17 that the vast majority of student loan borrowers seeking

The Tenth Circuit BAP inferred a requirement of justifiable reliance on nondischargeability for actual fraud.

Benchnotes By Christina Sanfelippo, Aaron M. Kaufman and Bradley D. Pack Supreme Court Finds No Authority for Nondebtor Third-Party, Nonconsensual Releases In Harrington v. Purdue Pharma LP , 1 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit’s order approving the