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In re: W. Iowa Limestone, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection
In a case involving a dispute between a secured lender, who held a security interest in its debtor's inventory, and subsequent purchasers of that...

Nuvell Credit Co., LLC v. Dean

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Court order confirming Chapter 13 Plan is vacated and remanded where the order was at odds with the result reached in In re Jones, 530 F.3d 1284 (10th...

In Re: Graupner

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In a bankruptcy case raising the issue of whether the anti-bifurcation provision in the hanging paragraph of Title 11 protects against "cramdown" of...

Israel v. Chabra

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for a bonus promised to plaintiffs and personally guaranteed to them by defendant-corporation's CEO, a question is certified to the New...

Jaffe v. Pacelli

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In a matter arising out of a real estate transaction, judgment against debtor defendant including award of attorney's fees is affirmed in most...

In the Matter of: Coleman

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Education Law
"[U]ndue hardship" determinations, whereby bankruptcy courts decide whether student loans qualify for discharge, can be ripe in a Chapter 13 case...

Border State Bank, N.A. v. AgCountry Farm Credit Servs.

Agriculture, Banking Law, Debt Collection, Remedies
In a bank's action asserting that defendants improperly retained sale proceeds in excess of their secured interests in certain property sold and...

In re: Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos Human Rights Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In a proceeding brought to extend a prior judgment in multidistrict litigation against Ferdinand Marcos and his estate so that an enforcement action...

Novak v. Wolpoff & Abramson LLP

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Sanctions
In a case against defendant law firm for violation of state and federal debt collection laws, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint with prejudice as a...

In re: Paul

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Sanctions
In an adversary proceeding brought by former debtors after a bankruptcy discharge claiming that defendant violated a discharge injunction via a state...