Consumer Bankruptcy

Submitting a retention order with the wrong word resulted in a pivotal issue on appeal.

ate law might provide an equitable basis for denying a state-law exemption, although Law v. Siegel won’t permit equity to defeat an exemption claim under federal law.

The district court opinion affirms the notion that bankruptcy courts have ‘core’ power without a jury to adjudicate claims of attorney misconduct.

A question may be headed to the Sixth Circuit, where debtors hope to create a circuit split.