Must Debtors Contribute Exempt Assets to Pay Creditors? By Lisa Boardman Burnette Is a chapter 13 debtor required to use exempt personal-injury settlement proceeds to pay creditors in a plan that provides less than 100 percent payment to un…
Property Disclosure Duties in Chapter 13 By Sumner A. Bourne The consumer bankruptcy system, where the economic resources for investigating debtors’ financial affairs are especially limited, relies on accurate and predictably timed debtor-f…
President’s Column The last 11 months have provided me with the best opportunity to truly appreciate what ABI offers that does not meet the eye at first blush. Following my installation as ABI President in April 2023, I undertook the “ABI A…
Benchnotes By Christina Sanfelippo, Aaron M. Kaufman and Bradley D. Pack Bankruptcy Courts Lack Discretion to Deny a Request to Appoint an Examiner If Requirements of § 1104(c)(2) Are Met The Third Circuit recently held that if “the debtor’…
Legislative Highlights Supreme Court Appears Disinclined to Pay Refunds for Overpayment of U.S. Trustee Fees The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Jan. 9 1 in Office of the U.S. Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006 LLC 2 to decide w…
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) altern…
What’s Happening at ABI Become a Preliminary-Round Judge or Brief-Grader for the Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition! Fifty-three teams of law students from around the nation will compete in the 32nd Annual Duberstein Bank…
Legislative Highlights “National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023” Passes in House, Awaits Senate Consideration The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3315, the “National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Ac…
President’s Column Congratulations to ABI’s 2023 “40 Under 40” Class Last month’s induction of the newest class of ABI’s “40 Under 40” honorees, whose achievements have been described in the front section of this issue, marked another highl…
Select Comments/Questions Posed by SCOTUS Justices During Oral Argument in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4 heard oral argument in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma LP. The issue before the court is whether the Bankrup…