Per Curiam-"In what should have been a simple and straightforward bankruptcy matter, the Appellant [debtor's law firm] misled and neglected the debtor for approximately two years. Considering the...
BAP for 9th Circuit affirmed ruling of bankruptcy (D. Nev.) in 2-1 split, concluding Nevada's "one-action
rule" renders a creditor's deed of trust void if, prior to the completion of the...
Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel dismissed appeal by a creditor of an interim fee award granted to
Debtor's counsel finding that: (i) the interim fee award was not a final order, and...
The Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of claims for breach of contract and violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, finding that Peoples Bank did not misapply a payment to the wrong month, even...
BAP for 9th Cir. affirmed ruling of bankruptcy court (SD Cal.) denying debtors' FRBP 7024/Rule 60(b) motion for reconsideration following bankruptcy court's denial of motion for sanctions for...
The Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel held that (i) an action to determine that personal property is property of the bankruptcy estate need not be pleaded with particularity, (ii) there is...
A state court judgment for malicious prosecution was entitled to preclusive effect so that the debtor's state court malicious prosecution judgment was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6)....
For purposes of § 727(a)(2)(A), "property of the debtor" includes property held by the debtor's alter-ego. Thus, a debtor who used a corporation that conducted a Ponzi scheme in addition to...
Bankruptcy court entered order maintaining property in the chapter 13 bankruptcy estate for the duration of the chapter 13 plan. Relying on § 1327(b), which provides: “[e]xcept as otherwise...
