Ninth Circuit Affirms the BAP on the Outer Limits of the Discharge Injunction
Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.
Split Widens on Dischargeability for Third Party’s Violation of Securities Laws
Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
Judge Barnes Tells Gamblers What Records to Keep to Win a Discharge in Bankruptcy
The suggestion that the debtor never won undercut the poker player’s testimony about uncorroborated gambling losses.
Capped Landlord Claim Can Also Be Nondischargeable, Eighth Circuit Says
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.