Practice and Procedure

Late-Allowed Vehicle Claims and the Importance of Finality By Linda B. Gore Editor’s Note: Unlike past articles in this column, the authors mostly agree on the viewpoint, but this article outlines the basis for those trustees/courts that take a different position. Most

By referring to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the appellant might have won an appeal where the bankruptcy court effectively set aside an erroneous decision by a state court regarding discharge.

The Sixth Circuit explains how to appeal when the automatic stay prevents an order in a multi-defendant suit from becoming a final order.

Any day now, the Second Circuit could create a split of circuits importuning the Supreme Court to decide whether chapter 13 trustees are paid fees even if no plan is confirmed.

Absent a provision in the plan to the contrary, creditors aren’t given estate assets recovered after the final plan payment.

Taggart doesn’t give more protection to a purchaser of debt than it does to the original creditor, Judge Scott Grossman says.

The Sixth Circuit holds that a debtor cannot recover attorneys’ fees from the U.S. Trustee under the EAJA in a contested matter, but leaves open the possibility of liability for counsel fees in a losing adversary proceeding.

Recognition of Income-Based Repayment of Student Debt in Disposable Income By Michael Polkoff Student loan debt has generated significant discourse on how it should be treated during bankruptcy, 1 yet the income-based-repayment (IBR) alternative intended to reduce the

Refinancing a consumer loan to obtain a lower interest rate might make an individual debtor eligible for chapter 7.

Without allegations of an intentional tort, a willful breach of contract can’t be nondischargeable as a ‘willful and malicious’ injury.