Child Support Cases Avoid Thorny Choice of Law Questions
Judge Janice Loyd writes a handbook on choice of law and statutes of limitations.
Judge Reverses Course and Allows Reclassification of Deficiency Claim
Chapter 13 debtor permitted to surrender collateral and reclassify deficiency as unsecured.
Mishandling Collateral Gives Rise to Nondischargeable Debt, Eleventh Circuit Holds
Mishandling collateral is nondischargeable even if the security interest is unperfected.
New York Stands Alone by Not Requiring Delivery to Transfer a Note and Mortgage
District judge makes an ‘Erie’ guess on an undecided issue of New York law.
Mortgage Survives Chapter 13 Even Though the Secured Claim Was Disallowed
New York judge disagrees with Ninth Circuit on the effect of disallowance of a secured claim.
Is There a Lien on Entireties Property from a Judgment Against Only One Spouse?
Eighth Circuit undertakes an arcane analysis of a question with little practical consequence.