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Court Must Sign Off on Post-Petition Settlement to Survive Discharge

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Todd Christenson filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in November 2010. In February 2011, a federal bankruptcy court in Minnesota discharged Christenson’s debts and, later the same year, closed the case. But almost 15 years...more

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Old Myths Die Hard: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court’s Discharge of Student Loan Debt Under Brunner

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A district court judge recently reversed and remanded a well-known bankruptcy decision discharging a significant student loan debt. In the Southern District of New York, Judge Philip Halpern, reviewing the bankruptcy court’s...more

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Appeal Filed From Bankruptcy Court’s Decision Granting Discharge of Student Loan Debt

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Education Credit Management Corporation (“ECMC”), the guarantor of the student loan debt ruled dischargeable last month by the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, is...more

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Eighth Circuit rejects foreseeability test for notice to unknown creditors

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In Dahlin v. Lyondell Chemical Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1956 (8th Cir. Jan. 26, 2018), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an argument that bankruptcy debtors were required by due process to provide more prominent...more

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