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June 3, 2026 - 37 new headlines

Bankruptcy Audits Reveal Deception — and Confusion - Stanford Graduate School of Business

06/03/2026 Bankruptcy Audits Reveal Deception — and Confusion  Stanford Graduate School of Business [more]
Tags: Filings, News

Foley & Lardner Malpractice Suit Eyes Bankruptcy Venue Fate - Law360

06/03/2026 Foley & Lardner Malpractice Suit Eyes Bankruptcy Venue Fate  Law360 [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Financial shocks push more New Jersey residents toward bankruptcy this year - New Jersey 101.5

06/03/2026 Financial shocks push more New Jersey residents toward bankruptcy this year  New Jersey 101.5 [more]
Tags: Filings, News

Oakland Diocese Creditors Want To See Ch. 11 Vote Records - Law360

06/03/2026 Oakland Diocese Creditors Want To See Ch. 11 Vote Records  Law360 [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Genesis Healthcare Claimants Take Ch. 11 Appeal To 5th Circ. - Law360

06/03/2026 Genesis Healthcare Claimants Take Ch. 11 Appeal To 5th Circ.  Law360 [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Lawrence Dallaglio faces fresh bankruptcy scrutiny amid £200,000 spending claims and undisclosed bank acc - The Times of India

06/03/2026 Lawrence Dallaglio faces fresh bankruptcy scrutiny amid £200,000 spending claims and undisclosed bank acc  The Times of India [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Makeup Ingredient Supplier Miyoshi Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK - Law360

06/03/2026 Makeup Ingredient Supplier Miyoshi Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK  Law360 [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Robert Joseph Brown - The Courier-Journal

06/03/2026 Robert Joseph Brown  The Courier-Journal [more]
Tags: Lawsuits, News

Penn Brewery narrowly avoids sheriff’s sale - TribLIVE.com

06/03/2026 Penn Brewery narrowly avoids sheriff’s sale  TribLIVE.com [more]
Tags: 363 Sales, News

Texas brewery that sells product at H-E-B fighting possible closure - Chron

06/03/2026 Texas brewery that sells product at H-E-B fighting possible closure  Chron [more]
Tags: News, Reorganizations

Blogs

Georgia Homestead Exemption Increases to $50,000.00/$100,000.00 on July 1, 2026

05/12/2026 If you are contemplating filing for Bankruptcy and own a home, you probably will want to consider waiting a few weeks. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed House Bill HB 1024, which increases the Georgia Homestead Exemption from the current $21,500.00 to $50,000.00 effective July 1, 2026. If the [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 13, chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, exemptions, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Georgia State Cases, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, homestead, Homestead Exemptions, News and Comments

US Supreme Court – “Reasonable Time” Requirement Applies to Rule 60(b) Motions to Vacate Void Judgments

02/10/2026 Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton, Trustee, 2026 WL 135998 (January 20, 2026) (click here for .pdf).  In 2014, Debtor Vista-Pro Automotive, LLC filed an adversary proceeding against Coney Island to recover $50,000.00 in unpaid invoices. Coney Island did not answer and a default [more]
Tags: Adversary Proceeding, Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, rule 60, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Cases

11th Circuit: Equitable Tolling Still Does Not Apply To Deadline For §523 Discharge Complaints

09/23/2025 “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett in Worstword, Ho. Many have tried to extend the deadline for discharge complaints that is found in Bankruptcy Rule 4007(c), almost always after missing the deadline. The Eleventh Circuit recently [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, Bankruptcy Deadlines, Bankruptcy Rules, chapter 7, discharge, Eleventh Circuit Cases, equitable tolling, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog

Trustee Cannot Avoid Deed Because Every Letter Of the Notary’s Signature Was Not Fully Discernible

09/17/2025 In Barger v. Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Adv. Proc. No. 23-5164-bem, 2025 WL 1416871 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. May 15, 2025), the Chapter 7 Trustee sought to avoid a deed because every letter of the notary’s name was not fully discernible in the signature. The Court previously granted summary judgment to the [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, bankruptcy trustee, chapter 7, Deed, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases, Security Deed

Manufactured Home Is Not “Motor Vehicle” So Cram Down Of Secured Loan In Chapter 13 Plan Is Not Prohibited By Hanging Paragraph of §1325(a)

09/16/2025 In re Thomas, Ch. 13 Case No. 24-10535-RMM, 2025 WL 1373615 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. May 12, 2025). Debtors’ Chapter 13 Plan proposed to reduce the secured creditor’s claim to the value of the manufactured home that served as collateral. The sole legal issue was whether a manufactured home that was [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 13, chapter 13 plan, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Hanging Paragraph, Manufacured Home, Middle District Cases, Mobile Home, secured debt

11th Circuit – Damages for False Imprisonment are Nondischargeable as Willful and Malicious Injury

08/05/2025 In Watson v. Bradsher and Ali, 2025 WL 2205853 (11th Cir. August 4, 2025), the Debtor met Plaintiffs at a bar and invited one of them to go home with him. She sternly rejected his advances and moved with her friend to another part of the bar. Debtor tried to pay his tab and could not find his [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, discharge, Eleventh Circuit Cases, Exceptions to Discharge, false imprisonment, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases, Willful and Malicious Injury

The Use of Trusts in Mortgage Loan Financing

06/25/2025 Trusts are being used more often for financing mortgage loans, which can be an effective way to optimize asset management and minimize lender risk. Key Benefits of Using Trusts in Mortgage Loan Financing Titling Trusts for Mortgage Loans: A Titling Trust holds the legal title to mortgage [more]
Tags: Bankruptcy Blogs, BankruptcyandRestructuringBlog, mortgage loan, trusts

Real Property Owned By Dissolved LLC Was Not Property Of Individual Member’s Bankruptcy Estate

06/25/2025 In In re Kimball, Ch. 7 Case No. 24-11036-pmb, 667 B.R. 487 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2025) (click here for pdf) , the Lender foreclosed on commercial property owned by a limited liability company on August 6, 2024. The LLC, in turn, was owned by an individual Debtor who had filed a Chapter 13 case on August [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, automatic stay, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, limited liability company, llc, Northern District Cases, property of the estate, real property

Judge Coleman – Vehicle Cannot Be Exempted as Tool of Trade

06/17/2025 In In re Cady, Ch. 7 No. 24-41026-ejc, 2025 WL 1587266 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. June 4, 2025) the issue was whether the Debtor, a real estate agent, could claim an exemption in her vehicle as a tool of the trade. In addition to claiming vehicle and wild card exemptions, Debtor argued that her vehicle was [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases

Mediation in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

05/16/2025 TV lawyers are constantly heading into trial, sometimes after seeing the file for the first time that morning. On television, the clients never seem to worry about how they are going to pay their lawyers to go to trial. The reality is different in real life, especially when dealing with consumer [more]
Tags: ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, consumer, mediation