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On Day 2 of NCBJ San Antonio, I went for a run, laughed at a musical about ethics, listened to a debate over equitable mootness, went to a fraudulent conveyance program and listened to an economist predict the next recession. An Early Morning Run and an ... Read full article

NCBJ 2018 opened in the historic Lila Cockrell Theater with current NCBJ president Judge Michael Romero belting out a welcome in song adapted from Cabaret. ... Read full article

A debtor was liberated from an objection to discharge where the deadline was extended to January 15, 2018, which was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the objection was not filed until the next day.    Smart-Fill Management Group, Inc. v. Froiland (In re ... Read full article

President Donald Trump has selected D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be his second Supreme Court nominee.    A post describing his bankruptcy opinions would be very short.  I could find only one opinion authored by Judge Kavanaugh arising out of ... Read full article

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When a case is heard at the Supreme Court, the docket is filled with briefs of amicus curiae trying to say something that will catch the court's attention.   With so many briefs filed, they sometimes cancel each other out in a flutter of pdf files ... Read full article

The fourth quarter of 2017 was another slow period for Fifth Circuit opinions dealing with bankruptcy.  There was only one published opinion and there were several opinions that I found on the Fifth Circuit's page but were not in LEXIS.  ... Read full article

The third quarter of 2017 had one blockbuster opinion reaffirming the finality of exemptions in Chapter 7 and several less remarkable decisions.   It was a slow quarter for bankruptcy. Rosbottom v. Schiff (Matter of Rosbottom) , 701 Fex. Appx. 330(5th Cir. ... Read full article

In an application of the law of unintended consequences, the Republican plan to eliminate the deduction for student loan interest may render private student loans subject to discharge in bankruptcy.   ... Read full article

Jevic --The Inside Story and the Impact on Future Chapter 11s featured participants from the case offering their perspective on the case and what it meant.   Dan Dooley of MorrisAnderson was the Chief Restructuring Officer for Jevic.   Domenic Pacitti of ... Read full article

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The Commercial Law League of America presented a keynote address from Dean. Erwin Chemerinsky, of UC Berkeley Law School at its annual luncheon.  Dean. Chemerinsky discussed his main area of expertise in a talk entitled The Supreme Court:   Appointments ... Read full article

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This year's National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges takes place in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel and Casino.   The conference kicked off just one week after the horrific shootings here.  Mass shootings represent a break down of the social contract.  ... Read full article

This panel discussed some of the unusual issues raised by limited liability companies.   The panel consisted of Bankruptcy Judge Ashely Chan from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,  Prof. Carter Bishop from Suffolk University Law School, Craig ... Read full article

The Wolf (of Wall Street?) at the Door:   Lending to the Financial Underclass examined a variety of issues affecting those with limited means.   Bankruptcy Judge D. Sims Crawford from the Northern District of Alabama moderated a discussion with Thad ... Read full article

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