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Equity Won’t Save You: Bankruptcy Court Rules that Principles of Equity Cannot be Used to Extend the Deadline to File a Dischargeability Complaint

In a recent decision that highlights a key circuit split, Bankruptcy Judge Patricia M. Mayer of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that equitable powers under Section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy ...
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When the Automatic Stay Is Not Automatic: Bankruptcy Court Upholds Foreclosure Sale Under 11 U.S.C. § 109(g)

In a recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, In re Frederica West ...
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‘Troubling': Split 4th Circuit Rejects ‘History and Tradition’ Challenge to Bankruptcy

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the ...

Charging Order Non-Compliance And Liens In Bankruptcy Examined In Radiance Capital

Considers Radiance Capital Receivables Twelve LLC v. Campbell (In re Campbell) where the dischargeability of bankruptcy liens and contempt for violation were at issue.