A person who was not a creditor of a bankruptcy estate was entitled to actual notice of an injunction that would bar the non-creditor from suing the debtors’ […]
Noncompliance with homestead statute not fatal to Chapter 13 plan
Prevails on debtor’s behalf A Chapter 13 debtor’s failure to strictly comply with the Massachusetts Homestead Act by not naming his non-titled spouse on his declaration did not […]
Trustee cannot reopen completed Chapter 13 cases
Listen to this article A bankruptcy trustee could not reopen three Chapter 13 cases and convert them to Chapter 7 in order to administer undisclosed assets for the […]
Bankruptcy – Chapter 93A – Mortgage
Listen to this article Where a debtor has filed an objection to a proof of claim related to his mortgage loan, the objection should be overruled because the […]
After EU Elections, Next Competition Chief May Preside Over New Chapter in EU Antitrust History
During the decade Margrethe Vestager oversaw the EU’s powerful Directorate-General for Competition, the agency penalized Apple, Google, and other tech companies with multiple billion-euro fines and proposed bold new […]
Well runs dry for ‘extra’ Chapter 7 trustee pay
Listen to this article Attorneys who may have been looking forward to a sweetening of their compensation for service as Chapter 7 trustees have for the second year […]
Chapter 13 debtor avoids pre-petition foreclosure sale
Listen to this article A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has decided that a Chapter 13 debtor whose home was sold at a foreclosure auction before he filed his […]
Bankruptcy – Standing – Chapter 7
Listen to this article Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge overruled a debtor’s objection to a proof of claim filed by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, the debtor […]