While the 14-day deadline in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9023 is not jurisdictional, the failure to file a Rule 9023 motion within the 14-day deadline in Rule 9023 results in the the expiration of the...
The bankruptcy court's interpretation of its own standing order regarding "no-look" compensation to Chapter 13 debtors' attorneys was reasonable. The standing order's deletion of a provision...
A judgment against a debtor for violating the Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the UTSA) for the willful an malicious misappropriation of the judgment creditor’s trade secrets was insufficient...
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...
Overruling In re River West Plaza--Chicago, LLC, 664 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2011), and part III of In re Sax, 796 F.2d 994 (7th Cir. 1986), (1) section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code does not make any...
The bankruptcy estate of a debtor who owned a second home as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship ceased to have any interest in the second home upon the debtor's death. Thus, the debtor's...
The bankruptcy court erred by allowing a judgment creditor's claim that arose from a judgment under the Minnesota Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act when the claim had been satisfied by a payment by...
An appeal of a denial of a Rule 60(b) motion must be filed within 14 days after entry of the denial. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(a). The appellants waited 23 days before filing the appeal. Because Rule...
