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July 24, 2026 - 39 new headlines

Five Spencer Fane Attorneys Announced As Top Lawyers in Minnesota - Spencer Fane

07/24/2026 Five Spencer Fane Attorneys Announced As Top Lawyers in Minnesota  Spencer Fane [more]
Tags: Lawsuits, News

Boca Raton marine surveying firm files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy - The Business Journals

07/24/2026 Boca Raton marine surveying firm files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy  The Business Journals [more]
Tags: Liquidation, News

Judge OKs Sale Order for Bankrupt Hawthorne - BloodHorse

07/24/2026 Judge OKs Sale Order for Bankrupt Hawthorne  BloodHorse [more]
Tags: 363 Sales, News

Jay-Z Asks Bankruptcy Court to Preserve $119,235 Judgment in Long-Running Paternity Dispute - Yahoo News UK

07/24/2026 Jay-Z Asks Bankruptcy Court to Preserve $119,235 Judgment in Long-Running Paternity Dispute  Yahoo News UK [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Freight Distress Report: Supply chain providers cut more than 1,200 jobs - FreightWaves

07/24/2026 Freight Distress Report: Supply chain providers cut more than 1,200 jobs  FreightWaves [more]
Tags: Filings, News

Jay-Z Tries to Stop Rymir Satterthwaite’s Grandmother From Erasing $119K Debt - The Rickey Smiley Morning Show

07/24/2026 Jay-Z Tries to Stop Rymir Satterthwaite’s Grandmother From Erasing $119K Debt  The Rickey Smiley Morning Show [more]
Tags: Lawsuits, News

Appellate court allows bond revenues to remain with city of Chester in bankruptcy case - Bond Buyer

07/24/2026 Appellate court allows bond revenues to remain with city of Chester in bankruptcy case  Bond Buyer [more]
Tags: Cases of Interest, News

Poolin BTC Ban Fallout: From 20% of Hashrate to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - The Cryptonomist

07/24/2026 Poolin BTC Ban Fallout: From 20% of Hashrate to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  The Cryptonomist [more]
Tags: News, Reorganizations

US Bankruptcy: Serta Simmons Bedding judge hands out $161.5mn of penalties against uptier lenders - CreditSights

07/24/2026 US Bankruptcy: Serta Simmons Bedding judge hands out $161.5mn of penalties against uptier lenders  CreditSights [more]
Tags: Lawsuits, News

Jay-Z seeks to block bankruptcy from wiping out six-figure judgment won in yearslong paternity lawsuit - TheGrio

07/24/2026 Jay-Z seeks to block bankruptcy from wiping out six-figure judgment won in yearslong paternity lawsuit  TheGrio [more]
Tags: Filings, News

Blogs

Camp Mystic illustrates That Insurance Can Be Property of the Estate

07/12/2026 A motion to lift the automatic stay to allow a tort claimant to proceed against the debtor's insurance coverage is one of the simpler pleadings to file in bankruptcy. Because insurance involves a third party's obligation to defend a suit or pay claims, property of the estate is not implicated. While [more]
Tags: ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, Camp Mystic, Fifth Circuit insurance, property of the estate

Georgia’s New $50,000 Homestead Exemption (And Why It’s Really Worth More)

06/30/2026 On July 1, 2026 the Georgia Homestead Exemption increases from $21,500.00 to $50,000.00 for an individual debtor, or a double exemption of $100,000.00 if a non-filing spouse is also a co-owner. This is a dramatic increase for Georgia, and opens up Chapter 7 for many people who are facing bankruptcy [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 13, chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Homestead Exemptions, News and Comments, Northern District Cases, Uncategorized

What Should I Discuss With My Bankruptcy Lawyer? Here Are A Few Things Beyond The Worksheets

06/29/2026 A recent Order from our Bankruptcy Court highlights several important considerations when choosing a bankruptcy lawyer and planning your case. On June 26, 2026, Judge Sacca, joined by the other judges in the Northern District of Georgia, entered a 147-page Order permanently disbarring a lawyer and [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, bankruptcy consultation, chapter 13, chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy Guide, front page only bankruptcy, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, initial consultation', News and Comments, Northern District Cases, skeletal petition

Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit's Approach to Judicial Estoppel

06/24/2026  The Fifth Circuit has long applied judicial estoppel aggressively when a debtor fails to list a cause of action. It once held (in a panel opinion overruled by the en banc court) that a trustee was bound by a debtor's failure to disclose assets. Reed v. City of Arlington, 620 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. [more]
Tags: ATexasBankruptcyLawyersBlog, Bankruptcy Blogs, judicial estoppel, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court

US Supreme Court Rules on Judicial Estoppel in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Case

06/11/2026 Make sure you are disclosing ALL property, including any personal injury or other claims you might have against any other party. That includes disclosing it after your Bankruptcy case is filed in a Chapter 13 case. I expect the debtor might prevail on remand because he apparently promptly notified [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, chapter 13, chapter 7, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, judicial estoppel, Personal Injury, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Cases

11th Circuit and 2 Live Crew: Contingent Copyright Termination Rights Are Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, but Questions Remain

06/03/2026 In a case of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit addressed the intersection of Copyright Law and Bankruptcy Law, and whether an artist’s statutory copyright termination rights are property of the Bankruptcy Estate. Lil’ Joe Records, Inc. v. Mark Ross, Luther Campbell, et al., 2026 WL [more]
Tags: 2 Live Crew, Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, Chapter 11, chapter 7, copyright, Eleventh Circuit Cases, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, News and Comments, property of the estate

Is Trustee Required to Disclose Information Voluntarily Provided by a Creditor on a Confidential Basis?

06/02/2026 In In re Newport 222 Mitchell Street, L.P., 2026 WL 1488930, Ch. 7 Case No. 24-54060-sms (Bankr. N.D. Ga. May 27, 2026) (click here for .pdf) a creditor sought to compel the Chapter 7 Trustee to furnish information voluntarily provided to him by another creditor on a confidential basis. The basis [more]
Tags: Atlanta bankruptcy, Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Blogs, bankruptcy trustee, Chapte7, chapter 7, Chapter 7 Trustee, Georgia bankruptcy, Georgia Bankruptcy Lawyer, GeorgiaBankruptcyBlog, Northern District Cases

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