Sixth Circuit Creates a Split: The 14-Day Deadline for an Appeal Is Not Jurisdictional
Impliedly overruling the law in five circuits, the Supreme Court changed the rules for deciding when a deadline is jurisdictional, the Sixth Circuit says.
California Judge Explains Why Acevedo Doesn’t Bar Retroactive Orders
Retroactive and nunc pro tunc orders aren’t the same thing, Judge Jaime says. Orders may be retroactive when the power is implied by statute.
‘13’ Plans Already in Default on March 27 May Be Extended Under the CARES Act
Judge Grabill finds nothing in Section 1329(d) to preclude extending the duration of a plan if payments were already in default when the CARES Act was enacted on March 27.
Supreme Court Hears Argument in Fulton: Is Inaction an Automatic Stay Violation?
Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split by deciding whether a change in the status quo must occur before the automatic stay is violated.
Unrepentant Lender Slammed with $260,000 in Damages for an ‘Egregious’ Stay Violation
Lender soon recognized that home foreclosure violated the stay but continued denying liability through seven years of litigation.