Consumer Bankruptcy

Ninth Circuit questions continuing validity of BAP opinions on finality handed down before Ritzen.

The Ninth Circuit gives state legislatures the ability to decide whether costs of attorneys’ disciplinary proceedings are dischargeable, or not.

When the debtor makes false statements on schedules, discharge isn’t denied unless they were material, Judge Bentley says.

The Rest of the Story, Sugar By Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn and Olivia Woodmansee In March 2025, when the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a chapter 13 debtor’s case with prejudice after she sold her home post-petition without a prior court order and in violation of

Even though a deceased chapter 13 debtor has no regular income, the plan can still be confirmed.

A final judgment on an issue in state court doesn’t by itself deprive federal courts of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, the Third Circuit explains.

A tax foreclosure that isn’t an unconstitutional taking can still be a constructively fraudulent transfer depending on when and how the debtor receives the equity above the delinquent taxes.

The Tenth Circuit interprets a state exemption statute ‘liberally’ in favor of the debtor.

Event Roundup Distressed Real Estate Symposium Moves to Dallas Commercial real estate has continued to take a hit due to modifications in work culture, and has endured a record amount of maturing loans, boosting the prospect of a surge in defaults as property owners are

President’s Column The Practice of Restructuring Law: Lessons from Four Decades in the Field While attending the Annual Spring Meeting in April, I was approached by a young lawyer eager to discuss what she could do to become a great restructuring lawyer. Her question