In a published opinion entered on April 8, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that District Courts are obliged to use and apply the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure rather than the Federal Rules o
The question of what constitutes a tax “return” for purposes of 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(1) has been the subject of conflicting Circuit Court cases the last several years.
The Eleventh Circuit recently addressed three issues of first impression in the Circuit regarding the application of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to letters to consumers’ lawyers. Not surprising
In the last couple of years, claims against creditors for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) have become a hot item in Bankruptcy Courts. One such question is whether the filing of a pr