No Duty to Release an Attachment After Fulton, Ninth Circuit BAP Says
The BAP decision may have a hint that failure to stop proceedings after bankruptcy can be an automatic stay violation, even after Fulton.
Disastrous Litigation Strategy Didn’t Justify Stay Modification, Eleventh Circuit Says
Stay modification is required even if the creditor wants to intervene in state court to help the bankrupt estate.
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.
Status Conferences to Continue Prepetition State Court Suits Don’t Violate the Stay
The Ninth Circuit B.A.P. says that the automatic stay does not require dismissal of prepetition lawsuits against debtors.
Three-Year Bar to Refiling in Chapter 13 Imposed for ‘Vexatious, Frivolous’ Litigation
Motions to recuse three bankruptcy judges fortified the third judge’s decision to dismiss and bar refiling for three years.