The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel determined that the Trustee's objection was correct; however, not for the reasons presented by the Trustee. The Debtors were not entitled to any Nevada exemption...
Judge(s):
Honorable Faris, Brand, and Gan, Bankruptcy Judges
Res judicata does not bar a plaintiff from suing his former attorneys based on statements they allegedly made to him in connection with a settlement approved by the bankruptcy court. Under the...
Eighth Circuit reversed rulings of District Court (D. Minn) granting summary judgment on liquidating trustee's fraudulent transfer avoidance actions related to Ponzi Scheme clawback claims....
A bankruptcy court's local rule requiring that all chapter 13 debtors turn over income tax returns over $2,000 is invalid because it breaches below-median income debtors' substantive rights and...
Madison and Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer (the Firms) sued Leslie Fox to enforce the terms of the parties’ contingency fee agreement. Fox argued that the agreement was unenforceable because,...
1oth Cir. reversed and remanded ruling of bankruptcy court (WD. Ok.), affirmed by the BAP, on creditor's appeal of sanction order against debtor's counsel for failure to disclose fee payments...
The bankruptcy court's decision that a debtor's payments to a vendor were not protected by the ordinary course of business defense (11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(2)) cannot be effectively reviewed on appeal...
Judge(s):
SALADINO, Chief Judge, SCHERMER and SANBERG, Bankruptcy Judges
Before denying a secured creditor's motion for relief from stay in a single asset real estate case based on the creditor's argument that the debtors' plan is unconfirmable, the bankruptcy court...
Section 959(b) is not limited to compliance with health and safety laws and Debtor was required, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 959(b), to make statutorily mandated post-petition contributions to the...
