Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court Decision that A Debtor Cannot Claim A Florida Homestead Exemption In Property Located In Nevada It is well-known that the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee’s primary responsibility is to “collect and reduce to money the property …
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The March 2018 edition of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal features an article published by Jacob L. Houmand and Kyle J. Ortiz titled Substantive Consolidation Might Redefine A Debtor: Impact On Predicate Creditors Under § 544(b). The article examines recent case law analyzing the effect of …
Outside the context of a bankruptcy proceeding, it is undisputed that the attorney-client privilege only belongs to the client. Moore v. Eason (In re Bazemore), 216 B.R. 1020, 1023 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 1998). Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, however, the relationship between an …
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In Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348, 2017 WL 2039159 (U.S. May 15, 2017), the Supreme Court resolved the disagreement among Courts of Appeals as to whether a creditor’s filing of a proof of claim that is clearly barred by the statute of limitations …
The May edition of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal features an article published by Victoria L. Nelson and Jacob L. Houmand titled A Cautionary Tale: Transfer of Real Property from LLC to Debtor May Trigger Statutory Cap On Homestead Exemptions, American Bankruptcy Institute, May 2015. The …
Status of Deficiency Judgments In Nevada Following Ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court In the Case Entitled Sandpointe Apartments, LLC v. the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, 313 P.3d 849 (2013)[1] The Nevada Supreme Court recently clarified the scope and meaning …