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March 7, 2007 10:22 AM Trial Presentation Blog (Charles Perez)
July 26, 2006 4:12 PM In the (Red): The Business Bankruptcy Blog (Bob Eisenbach, Esq.)
July 26, 2006 4:03 PM Credit Slips: A Discussion of Credit and Bankruptcy (Prof. Elizabeth Warren, Prof. Melissa Jacoby, et al.)
June 30, 2006 6:40 PM Delaware Litigation Blog (Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esq.)
June 30, 2006 6:38 PM Bankruptcy Litigation Blog (Steve Jakubowski)
June 30, 2006 10:03 AM Mortgage Fraud Blog (Rachel Dollar, Esq.)
June 7, 2006 2:47 PM LawBiz Blog
June 4, 2006 11:14 AM Qui Tam Whistleblower Blog (Mike Bothwell, Esq.)
June 4, 2006 7:44 AM SC Trial Law (David Swanner, Esq.)
June 4, 2006 7:39 AM Overlawyered
June 4, 2006 7:31 AM Prof. Stephen Bainbridge Blog
June 4, 2006 7:29 AM Ideablog (Prof. Ribstein)
June 4, 2006 7:14 AM Adam Smith, Esq. (Law Firm Economics)
June 3, 2006 10:39 PM Supreme Court Blog
June 3, 2006 2:59 PM Georgia Consumer Bankruptcy (Jonathan Ginsberg, Esq.)
June 3, 2006 2:56 PM My Shingle (Carolyn Elefant, Esq.)
May 30, 2006 7:03 PM Georgia IP Law Blog (Bill Heinz, Esq.)
May 30, 2006 7:02 PM Georgia Daily Digest
May 30, 2006 7:00 PM Georgia Criminal Law Blog (Rob Leonard, Esq.)
May 30, 2006 6:58 PM Atlanta Injury Law Blog (Ken Shigley, Esq.)
May 30, 2006 6:56 PM LexBlog Blog (Kevin O'Keefe)
May 30, 2006 6:55 PM Tennessee Litigation Blog (Branham Day)
May 30, 2006 6:47 PM Bankruptcy & Restructuring Blog (Sheppard Mullin)
May 30, 2006 6:44 PM Wall Street Journal Law Blog

Business and Commercial Litigation

November 1, 2011 10:35 AM Business and Commercial Litigation

Consumer Bankruptcy Guide

September 24, 2009 11:01 AM When Are 529 Educational Funds Property Of The Bankruptcy Estate?
March 6, 2009 7:47 AM Updated Means Test Figures.
January 1, 2008 6:55 AM New Means Test Figures For Cases Filed After January 1, 2008
January 31, 2007 11:30 AM New Foreclosure Hotline: 1-888-995-HOPE
November 25, 2006 1:06 AM Online Means Test Calculator For Georgia Residents
November 10, 2006 6:16 PM Guide To Consumer Bankruptcy Bankruptcy In Georgia: Introduction
October 1, 2006 8:12 AM Guide To Consumer Bankruptcy Cases In Georgia: Exemptions - What Can I Keep In a Bankruptcy Case?
September 11, 2006 11:14 AM Guide to Consumer Bankruptcy In Georgia: Chapter 13 Cases
September 10, 2006 6:31 PM Guide To Consumer Bankruptcy In Georgia: Chapter 7

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Corporate & Fiduciary Litigation

September 8, 2011 11:19 AM Can Creditors File A Derivative Action Against Limited Liability Company?
September 7, 2011 8:45 AM Assignments of Trademarks in Bankruptcy - Judge Posner and 7th Circuit Provide Answer
February 26, 2011 9:53 AM Lawsuits Being Flying Against Officers, Directors, Insiders And Professionals Of Failed Banks
January 11, 2009 9:21 AM Key Delaware Corporate Decisions of 2008
July 25, 2008 9:08 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Directors' Duties To Financially Distressed Companies
June 5, 2008 8:04 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Was Not Disguised Deepening Insolvency Claim; Aiding And Abetting Fraudulent Conveyance; In Pari Delicto
May 10, 2008 6:02 AM Delaware Chancery Court Holds Directors Did Not Breach Fiduciary Duty To Creditors By Filing Chapter 11 Petition
April 15, 2008 9:49 AM Georgia Court Of Appeals Upholds Expansive Scope Of Personal Jurisdiction
April 14, 2008 3:05 PM Delaware Bankruptcy Court Imposes Caremark Duty Of Care On Corporate Officers
February 29, 2008 6:49 AM Deepening Insolvency Trends
February 14, 2008 7:17 AM Directors Of Corporation Cannot Sue Derivatively If They Are Not Shareholders
January 30, 2008 8:47 AM Summary Of Important Delaware Corporate Cases In 2007
January 17, 2008 8:50 AM US Supreme Court Decides Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientifc-Atlanta; Limits Investor Fraud Lawsuits
November 28, 2007 9:27 AM Delaware Court Orders Production of Documents For Period Prior To Stock Ownership
May 28, 2007 9:30 AM More Commentary On Delaware Supreme Court's Decision In North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Gheewalla
May 19, 2007 8:42 AM Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Creditors Cannot Bring Direct Claims For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty During Zone Of Insolvency
March 23, 2007 10:25 AM Fiduciary Duty To Creditors During "Zone of Insolvency."
January 28, 2007 8:32 AM Texas Bankruptcy Court Finds Georgia Courts Would Not Recognize Tort of Deepening Insolvency; Denies Motion To Dismiss Based On Exculpation Provision
January 7, 2007 6:43 PM New Posts Discussing Fiducuary Duty Of Due Care and Stone v. Ritter
January 5, 2007 8:57 AM New Category: Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation
January 5, 2007 8:28 AM Aiding And Abetting Breach Of Fiduciary Duty -- Did The Georgia Court Of Appeals Create An Unworkable Definition?

Eleventh Circuit Cases

November 13, 2011 9:31 AM 11th Circuit Affirms Availability Of "Value" Defense For Recipients Of Fraudulent Transfers Who Were Equity Holders Of Debtor
June 26, 2011 8:36 AM Eleventh Circuit Affirms Private Employer's Right to Deny Employment Because Of Bankruptcy Filing
February 28, 2010 10:20 AM 11th Circuit Confirms That Potential Claims And Lawsuits Must Be Diclosed Or A Debtor Will Be Judicially Estopped From Pursuing Them.
July 11, 2009 8:34 AM 11th Cir: Debtor Cannot File Suit Against Trustee Or Professionals In District Court Without Leave Of Bankruptcy Court
June 28, 2009 1:04 PM 11th Circuit - Bank To Bank Credit Card Balance Transfers Are Avoidable Preferential Transfers
January 11, 2009 9:02 AM 11th Cir. - Trustee Can't Avoid Security Deed When BFP On Inquiry Notice Prior To 90-Day Reachback
December 3, 2008 8:10 AM 11th Circuit En Banc Reverses Panel : 11 U.S.C. §303 Is Not Subject Matter Jurisdictional And Can Be Waived
September 29, 2008 6:37 PM 11th Cir. - Secured Creditor May Still Pursue Deficiency After Surrender of "910 Vehicle"
August 8, 2008 10:24 AM 11th Circuit Rules Again On The Hanging Paragraph And 910 Vehicles; Full Claim Treated As Secured
August 6, 2008 2:54 PM 11th Circuit First To Rule On "Hanging Paragraph" Of Section 1325(a); Negative Equity In "910 Vehicles" Constitutes "Purchase Money Security Interest" That Prohibits Bifurcation Of Claim
August 5, 2008 9:47 AM 11th Circuit: Causes Of Action Arising After Confirmation Of Chapter 13 Plan Are Property Of The Estate
July 2, 2008 11:02 AM 11th Circuit - In A Case Of First Impression, Order Denying Motion To Dismiss Chapter 7 Case Not Final Appealable Order
June 29, 2008 8:47 AM 11th Cir. Bankruptcy Court Has Jurisdiction Over Dispute Between Two Non-Debtors Where It Could Conceivably Have Effect On Estate
April 30, 2008 1:01 PM 11th Circuit - In A Case Of First Impression, Court Rules On Proportionate Liability In Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Of 1995
April 23, 2008 6:22 PM 11th Circuit Holds Requirements Of Section 303(b) (Involuntary Bankruptcy) Are Jurisdictional -- But It Doesn't Like It.
April 14, 2008 12:19 PM 11th Cir: Trustee's Abdndonment Of Cause Of Action Already Ruled Upon By Bankruptcy Court Did Not "Re-Vest" Plaintiffs With Ability To Re-Litigate Claims
March 31, 2008 9:35 AM 11th Circuit: Party May Not Proceed In Forma Pauperis Where Appeal Is Frivolous
January 31, 2008 4:10 PM 11th Circuit - In Case of First Impression, Bankruptcy Court Order Removing Trustee Is Final Appealable Order
January 22, 2008 8:23 AM 11th Circuit: Income Taxes Nondischargeable Where Debtor Engaged In Affirmative Acts To Evade Or Avoid
January 3, 2008 9:55 AM Recent 11th Circuit Bankruptcy Cases: Property of the Estate, Jurisdiction
December 12, 2007 9:22 AM US Supreme Court Grants Cert In 11th Circuit Case; Will Decide Whether §1146 Tax Exemption Applies To Pre-Confirmation Transfers
August 15, 2007 7:43 AM 11th Cir - Student Loan Dischargeable Where Debtor Has History Of Mental Illness And Physical Problems; Debtor Not Required To Produce Corroborating Medical Evidence
July 3, 2007 9:53 AM 11th Cir. - Debtor's Federal Tax Debt Was Excepted From Discharge
July 3, 2007 9:08 AM 11th Circuit - Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court's Injunction Under Old Section 304 After Company Files Bankruptcy In Italy
June 22, 2007 9:15 AM 11th Circuit - Chapter 7 Trustee's Settlement Of Litigation May Include Release Of Non-Debtors
June 20, 2007 7:11 AM 11th Cir - Debtor Judicially Estopped From Pursuing Claim Not Disclosed In Bankruptcy Schedules
May 15, 2007 9:23 AM 11th Cir. - Sovereign Immunity Cannot Be Asserted By Government Agency As A Defense For Violations of Automatic Stay
May 2, 2007 8:48 AM 11th Cir. - Final Order of Bankruptcy Judge In Non-Core Matter Treated As A Report And Recommendation After Affirmance By District Court
February 24, 2007 9:24 AM 11th Cir. - Arbitration Clause Enforceable In Non-Core Bankruptcy Proceeding
December 31, 2006 6:11 PM 11th Cir - Chapter 7 Trustee Acted Outside Scope Of Authority In Shutting Down Wrong Business; Resulting Lawsuit Not Core Or "Related To."
December 26, 2006 4:44 PM 11th Cir - Five Year Prison Sentence For Bankuptcy Fraud Upheld
December 20, 2006 5:28 PM 11th Cir. Non-Debtor Defendant That Was Jointly & Severally Liable With Debtor For Tort Judgment Not Entitled To Subrogation Claim Against Debtor Pursuant to Section 509(b) After Non-Debtor Paid Judgment
October 5, 2006 7:27 AM 11th Cir.- Attorney for Chapter 11 Debtor Has Burden of Disclosing All Connections With Debtors and Other Relevant Facts in Application For Employment
September 25, 2006 7:31 PM Eleventh Circuit Cases Now Available By RSS Feed
August 27, 2006 9:44 AM 11th Cir. - Interlocutory Appeal Not Warranted
July 20, 2006 7:59 AM 11th Cir. - Chapter 11 Trust Indenture Agreement Converted to Common Law Trust
July 18, 2006 8:01 PM 11th Cir. - "Under What Circumstances Will A Creditor be Barred From Later Bringing an Action Against a Co-Creditor Based Upon State Law Claims If, During the Pendency of a Bankruptcy, It Failed to Raise Such Claims."
July 10, 2006 10:36 AM 11th Cir. - Pre-petition Transfer of Cash To Pay Down Secured Debt of Exempt Asset And Protect From Creditors Is Not Per Se Fraudulent Or Subject to Equitable Lien
July 5, 2006 1:15 PM 11th Cir. - Payment to Debtor Pursuant to Agricultural Assistance Act Not Estate Property Where Legislation Not Passed Until After Conversion From Ch. 12 to Ch. 7
July 1, 2006 7:43 AM 11th Cir - No Judicial Estoppel Where Creditors With Notice of Asset Failed to Object to Ch. 13 Plan
June 26, 2006 11:50 AM 11th Cir. - Physician's Failure to Comply With State Financial Responsibility Act Does Not Make Underlying Malpractice Award Nondischargeable
June 22, 2006 11:43 AM 11th Cir. - Discrimination Claim Was Property of Estate that Debtor Could Not Pursue
June 22, 2006 11:21 AM 11th Cir. - District Court Has Original, But Not Exclusive, Jurisdiction Over All Claims Arising Under Title 11, Even Where Order Refers Cases and Proceedings To Bankruptcy Court
June 1, 2006 7:38 AM ND Ga Bankruptcy Case Appealed to US Supreme Court
April 25, 2006 10:42 PM 11th Cir.- State Ordered Criminal Restitution is Nondischargeable
April 18, 2006 1:50 PM 11th Cir. - Order to Disallow and Disgorge Fees Affirmed
April 15, 2006 12:33 AM 11th Cir. - Bankruptcy Judges Entitled to Judicial Immunity for Damages and Acts Committed Within Judicial Capacity
March 27, 2006 12:27 AM 11th Cir - Court May Not Take Judicial Notice of Bankruptcy Schedules Filed in Separate Proceeding
March 21, 2006 11:47 PM 11th Cir. - Insurance Broker was not "initial transferee" under § 550(a)(1)
March 6, 2006 3:16 PM 11th Cir. - Property of the Estate; Judicial Estoppel
February 15, 2006 10:48 PM 11th Cir. - Trustee's Claims Subject to In Pari Delicto Defense
January 10, 2006 1:07 PM 11th Cir. - Trustee May Recover Funds Transferred From Account of Similarly-Named Related Entity
January 3, 2006 1:58 PM 11th Cir. - Participation in Criminal Restitution Hearing Does Not Violate Stay

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Georgia State Cases

September 8, 2011 11:19 AM Can Creditors File A Derivative Action Against Limited Liability Company?
May 27, 2011 10:10 AM Supreme Court of Georgia Rules On Mortgage Attestation Question
February 26, 2011 9:53 AM Lawsuits Being Flying Against Officers, Directors, Insiders And Professionals Of Failed Banks
April 15, 2008 9:49 AM Georgia Court Of Appeals Upholds Expansive Scope Of Personal Jurisdiction
April 7, 2007 8:48 AM Ga Ct of Appeals - Corporate Directors Can File Bankruptcy Petition After Receiver Appointed And TRO Issued, But It Better Be Properly Authorized And Valid
January 5, 2007 8:28 AM Aiding And Abetting Breach Of Fiduciary Duty -- Did The Georgia Court Of Appeals Create An Unworkable Definition?
December 21, 2006 9:05 AM GA Court of Appeals - Discharge Injunction Pre-empts State Law; State Court Has Concurrent Jurisdiction To Determine Scope Of Injunction
July 26, 2006 7:50 AM Ga App. - Party Who Settled Claim And Released Debtor Cannot Later Make Recoupment or Set-Off Claim For Same Debt
July 17, 2006 8:43 AM Georgia Court of Appeals Recognizes a Claim For Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty
July 14, 2006 7:35 AM Ga Supreme Court - Joint Debts Assumed By Ex-Spouse in Divorce Decree Are Dischargeable In Chapter 7
May 31, 2006 7:23 AM Ga Court of Appeals - Claims of Estate Do Not Revert Back to Debtor After Case Closed
April 28, 2006 12:51 PM GA Supreme Ct - No Judicial Estoppel for Failure to Schedule Alimony, Support or Property Settlement
March 3, 2006 1:28 PM Ga Court of Appeals - Debtor Collaterally Estopped From Re-litigating State Fraudulent Conveyance Claim After Denial of Discharge Under §727(a)(2)
February 4, 2006 1:11 PM Ga Court of Appeals - Judicial Estoppel Not Applicable Where Asset Not Listed In Principal's Bankruptcy Case
January 31, 2006 1:18 PM Ga Court of Appeals - Corporate Chapter 7 Debtor Becomes "Defunct" and "Ceases to Exist" Outside of Bankruptcy ??
December 23, 2005 1:31 PM Ga Court of Appeals - Debtor Who Failed to List Property in Prior Bankruptcy Judicially Estopped From Recovering Insurance Proceeds

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May 27, 2006 2:32 PM Local Rules - Northern District
May 26, 2006 2:34 PM Local Rules - Southern District
May 26, 2006 2:33 PM Local Rules - Middle District
May 26, 2006 2:30 PM Bankruptcy Code
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May 26, 2006 7:05 AM Bankruptcy Code (BAPCPA Redline .pdf)

Middle District Cases

January 2, 2010 10:27 AM M.D. Ga. - Collateral Estoppel For Probate Court Judgment; Defalcation While Acting In Fiduciary Capacity
November 7, 2009 8:44 AM Middle District Opinion: Relief From Stay To Litigate Employment Claims In District Court
October 9, 2009 8:51 AM Recent Opinions From The Middle District Of Georgia
June 15, 2009 9:04 AM MD Ga - Stay Lifted For Lender To Repossess Vehicle Even Where Non-Debtor Assets That Served As Collateral Had Value In Excess Of Loan
June 13, 2009 9:00 AM Recent Opinions In The Northern And Middle Districts Of Georgia
November 14, 2008 10:24 AM Introsul, Inc., Designer And Installer Of Bathrooms And Fixtures For Hotel Industry, Files Chapter 11 Petition In Middle DistrictOf Georgia
November 12, 2008 9:37 AM Middle District Changes To ECF Definitions
October 29, 2008 9:43 AM MD Ga - Oversecured Creditor Entitled To Post-Petition Attorneys Fees Notwithstanding Failure To Comply With O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11
September 12, 2008 9:11 AM Bankr. M.D. Ga. - Debtor's Equity Of Redemption Extinguished When High Bid Made At Foreclosure Sale, Even If Deed Under Power Not Recorded Until After Bankruptcy Petition Filed
September 9, 2008 8:24 AM Bankruptcy Court Order Dismissing Adversary Was Final Appealable Order Notwithstanding Absence Of Entry Of Judgment By Clerk Of Court
February 16, 2008 8:48 AM District Court for Middle District Holds Surrender Of "910 Vehicle" Constitutes Full Satisfaction Of Claim
February 14, 2008 6:47 AM Member/Manager of Georgia Limited Liability Company Not Necessarily A Fiduciary For § 523(a)(4) Purposes.
January 12, 2008 9:39 AM NDGa - Misc. Consumer Cases: Means Test, Automatic Stay, Disqualification of Judge, Preferential Transfers
December 17, 2007 8:15 AM MD Ga - Incarceration No Excuse For Failing To Complete Financial Management Course.
December 6, 2007 9:10 AM Misc. Georgia Cases - Post-Petition PI Claim Not Ch. 13 Estate Property; Claim For Sales Taxes Disallowed In Individual Case
November 5, 2007 10:45 AM MD Ga - Oversecured Creditor Entitled To Post-Petition Attorneys Fees Notwithstanding Contrary Non-Bankruptcy Law
November 5, 2007 9:40 AM MD Ga - "910 Vehicle" Lender Entitled To Till Interest Rate In Chapter 13 Plan, Even If Higher Than Contract Rate
October 29, 2007 3:13 PM M.D. Ga - Financing of Extended Warranty and Gap Insurance Does Not Prohibit Status As Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI); Ch. 13 Debtor Could Not Bifurcate Claim For "910 Vehicle"
October 17, 2007 8:01 AM MD GA - The Hanging Paragraph; Vehicle Driven Exclusively By Non-Debtor Spouse Was Not Acquired For "Personal Use Of Debtor"
June 29, 2007 8:38 AM Hanging Paragraph: District Court In Middle Georgia Holds That Negative Equity Is Included In "Purchase Money Security Interest"
June 18, 2007 7:02 AM MD Ga - Debtor Entitled to Hardship Discharge Of Student Loan
May 5, 2007 10:27 AM MD Ga - UCC Financing Statement Valid Only As To Creditor Identified On Statement, But Creditor Is Perfected For Full Value Of Note Even Though She Only Contributed A Portion Of Funds Loaned
May 3, 2007 2:56 PM MD Ga - Debt Arising From Violation Of Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) Held Nondischargeable.
April 10, 2007 10:04 AM Case Of First Impression: Debtor's Use Of Credit Card To Pay Debt Within 90 Days of Filing Of Petition Could Be Recovered As Preferential Transfer
April 10, 2007 9:38 AM MD Ga - Foreclosure Sale Held Before Bankruptcy Filing Terminates Debtor's Interest And Right Of Redemption After Foreclosure Deed Recorded
April 9, 2007 8:25 AM MD Ga - Vehicle Driven Primarily By Debtor's Spouse Was Not "Aquired For Personal Use of Debtor," And Hanging Paragraph Of §1325(a) Did Not Protect Creditor
March 6, 2007 10:24 AM MD Ga - Surrender of 910 Vehicle Constitutes Full Satisfaction Of Debt
February 11, 2007 10:03 AM MDGa - Exculpation Provision In Chapter 11 Plan Is Appropriate
December 28, 2006 10:26 AM MDGa - Foreclosure Sale Void Where Title Not Transferred Until After Bankruptcy Case Filed
October 9, 2006 2:08 PM MDGa- Individual Debtors Have Absolute Right To Convert To Chapter 13
August 27, 2006 12:01 PM MDGa - Debtor and Trustee Judicially Estopped From Pursuing Undisclosed Pre-Petition Claim
August 27, 2006 11:07 AM MD Ga - Failure to Perform Future Promise Does Not Make Debt Nondischargeable Pursuant to Section 523(a)(2(A)
August 27, 2006 10:23 AM MDGa - New Section 1325 Means Secured Claims For "910 Vehicles" Cannot Be Bifurcated; Till v. SCS Credit Not Abrogated
July 24, 2006 8:30 AM MD Ga - Lease of Older Vehicle Not a Disguised Security Agreement
July 24, 2006 8:21 AM MD Ga - E-mails To Debtor's Counsel Not Privileged Where They Sought Business Advice And Were Copied To Persons Other Than Officers and Directors
May 20, 2006 8:52 AM MD Ga - Judicial Lien Avoided Even Where Debtors Still Would Have No Equity
April 20, 2006 1:36 PM MDGa - Motion treated as Rule 59(e) Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment, and Denied
April 15, 2006 11:35 AM MDGa - Debtor Not a "Buyer In The Ordinary Course" Where Purchase Price Was Satisfaction of Prior Debt to Transferor
April 5, 2006 8:11 AM MDGa - Ch. 13 Plan Confirmed Where Inaccuracies Did Not Provide Advantage
April 4, 2006 8:23 AM MDGa - Pre-petition Foreclosure Sale Does Not Necessarily Terminate Debtor's Interest in Property
March 27, 2006 12:19 AM MDGa - Trustee Barred from Pursuing RICO Claim Where Debtor was Co-Conspirator
March 10, 2006 1:05 AM MDGa - Debtor Who Defaulted on Contract For Deed Pre-petition Still Had Right to Modify Seller's Claim
February 25, 2006 11:14 PM MDGa - Prepetition Transfer of Bequeathed Property a Fraudulent Conveyance
February 13, 2006 11:05 PM MDGa. - Judge Declines to Rule on Whether Attorneys are "Debt Relief Agencies"
December 27, 2005 12:10 AM MDGa - Local Rules Regarding Electronic Filing Not Enforced In Such a Manner to Cause Party to Lose Rights
December 17, 2005 1:00 PM MDGa - Claims of Sellers of Assets to Debtor Not Subject to Equitable Subordination

Miscellaneous Cases

September 8, 2011 11:19 AM Can Creditors File A Derivative Action Against Limited Liability Company?
September 7, 2011 8:45 AM Assignments of Trademarks in Bankruptcy - Judge Posner and 7th Circuit Provide Answer
April 22, 2011 8:03 AM Business Owners: When Can You Decline Employment To Applicant With Previous Bankruptcy Filing
February 26, 2011 9:53 AM Lawsuits Being Flying Against Officers, Directors, Insiders And Professionals Of Failed Banks
January 16, 2010 10:21 AM Individual Liability For Unpaid Federal Withholding Taxes
September 24, 2009 11:01 AM When Are 529 Educational Funds Property Of The Bankruptcy Estate?
August 6, 2009 1:57 PM Atlanta Journal Articles Discuss Waffle House Franchise Bankruptcy Case
August 6, 2009 1:50 PM Bailey Banks & Biddle Parent Files Chapter 11
July 9, 2009 8:01 AM Ritz Camera/Wolf Camera Give Up On Reorganization And Will Close And Sell All Stores
June 13, 2009 9:12 AM Six Flags Amusement Parks Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Delaware
May 6, 2009 10:21 AM Crunch Fitness Files Chapter 11 In New York
April 16, 2009 7:10 AM General Growth Properties, Owner Of Four Atlanta Malls, Files Chapter 11 Petition
March 23, 2009 5:21 PM Supermarket Chain Bi-Lo Files Chapter 11 In South Carolina
March 14, 2009 8:30 AM Theme Parks Suffering With Economy? Six Flags May Be Filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy And Ghost Town Already Has
March 11, 2009 9:22 AM Ritz Camera To Liquidate Boater's World And Sell 400 Camera Shops
February 23, 2009 8:05 AM Ritz Camera, Owner Of Wolf Camera and Boaters World, Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition
February 13, 2009 7:06 PM Peanut Corporation of America Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition
February 9, 2009 1:21 PM S&K Menswear Files Chapter 11 In Virginia
February 4, 2009 8:11 AM Atlanta Based Spectrum Brands Files Chapter 11 In Texas
January 14, 2009 5:59 PM Goody's, Already Liquidating, Files Chapter 11 Again
January 14, 2009 9:19 AM Nortel Networks FIles Chapter 11 In Delaware
January 12, 2009 8:27 PM Shane Company, A Jewelry Retailer With Atlanta Area Locations, Files Chapter 11 - Most Creditors Are Customers
December 11, 2008 11:50 AM Retailer KB Toys, With Several Georgia Locations, Files Chapter 11 In Delaware After Drop In Sales
December 8, 2008 3:39 PM Tribune Company Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Delaware
December 7, 2008 2:22 PM Bankruptcy Court Pleadings Show How Michael Vick Spent Millions Of Dollars
December 4, 2008 7:24 AM Final Nail Is In The Coffin At Tweeter - They Abruptly Close And Convert To Chapter 7
December 3, 2008 10:35 AM Bally Total Fitness Files Chapter 11 (Again) In New York And Seeks Buyer
December 1, 2008 4:22 PM Poultry Producer Pilgrim's Pride, Parent Of Atlanta-Based Goldkist, Files Chapter 11 In N.D. Texas
November 24, 2008 8:45 AM Fine China Manufacturer Lenox Group Files Chapter 11 Petition
November 21, 2008 7:29 AM Liquidation Company Buys Assets of Bankrupt Retailer, Then Files Its Own Bankruptcy Petition
November 15, 2008 9:31 AM Land Resource, LLC, Developer At Cumberland Island, Files Chapter 11 In Florida
November 14, 2008 11:14 AM Michael Vick's House And Other Property For Sale Under Bankruptcy Plan
November 10, 2008 8:26 AM Circuit City Files Chapter 11 Petition
September 29, 2008 1:28 PM Creative Loafing Parent Files For Chapter 11
September 29, 2008 7:27 AM Bill Heard Chevrolet Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In Northern District Of Alabama
September 8, 2008 5:05 PM Duke Has The Worst College Football Team In America, As A Matter Of Law?
September 8, 2008 9:16 AM Doctrine Of Equitable Mootness Does Not Protect Debtor's Counsel From Disgorgement Of Fees
August 19, 2008 9:08 AM 3rd Circuit: District Court May Use Rule 60 To Overturn Judgment Of Another District Court
August 18, 2008 6:09 PM Barbeques Galore, With Three Metro Atlanta Stores, Files for Bankruptcy in California And Will Liquidate
August 10, 2008 9:48 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Asset Sale May Not Include Consigned Goods Without Adequate Protection
July 25, 2008 9:08 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Directors' Duties To Financially Distressed Companies
June 26, 2008 2:03 PM Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Individual Right To Bear Arms
June 25, 2008 9:45 AM 6th Circuit: Means Test Does Not Violate U.S. Constitution
June 10, 2008 4:25 PM Discount Clothing Chain Goody's Family Clothing Files Chapter 11 - Will Close Nine Georgia Stores
June 9, 2008 6:46 PM Cheerwine Coming Back To Atlanta
June 5, 2008 8:04 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court: Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Was Not Disguised Deepening Insolvency Claim; Aiding And Abetting Fraudulent Conveyance; In Pari Delicto
June 1, 2008 9:08 AM Dischargeability Of Stated Income Loans ("Liar Loans") Based Upon Material Misrepresentations Of Income
May 10, 2008 6:02 AM Delaware Chancery Court Holds Directors Did Not Breach Fiduciary Duty To Creditors By Filing Chapter 11 Petition
May 2, 2008 5:10 PM Fifth Circuit Says "No" To Full Hourly Rate For Travel Time
April 15, 2008 6:49 AM Bankruptcy Judge Slams Firm For Conflict Of Interest
April 10, 2008 1:24 PM 10th Circuit Rules On Pay Advice Issue, Reverses Bankruptcy Court
April 4, 2008 9:18 AM United States Trustee Receives Broad Authority To Investigate Countrywide
February 29, 2008 6:40 AM Employment Applications In Sharper Image Bankruptcy
February 20, 2008 8:02 AM Sharper Image Files Chapter 11 In Delaware
February 5, 2008 7:18 AM North Carolina Supreme Court Holds That Arbitration Clauses In Consumer Loan Agreements Are Unconscionable
January 22, 2008 8:04 AM Delaware Chancery Court: Automatic Stay Does Not Apply To Order Compelling Shareholder Meeting
January 15, 2008 8:48 AM 9th Circuit BAP - Following US Supreme Court Opinion In Travelers, Unsecured Creditors Can Recover Post-Petition Attorneys Fees
December 18, 2007 8:31 PM Yet Another Subprime Lender Files Bankruptcy: Delta Financial Corp. Files Chapter 11 In Delaware
December 6, 2007 10:18 AM Can A Lawyer Be Sued In Another State For Giving Advice To A Business Incorporated In That State?
November 12, 2007 9:41 AM 6th Circuit - In A Case Of First Impression At Circuit Level, Court Holds That Bankruptcy Court Cannot Retain Case Filed In Improper Venue Over Timely Objection By Interested Party
November 12, 2007 9:08 AM Bankruptcy Judge - United States Trustee Not Entitled to Expedited Discovery To Determine Presumed Abuse; They Must Follow Discovery Rules
October 31, 2007 10:26 AM Happy Halloween: Don't Get In Trouble This Evening
October 11, 2007 11:25 AM Court Holds That Credit Counseling Not Required; Debtor's Certification That Counseling Was Completed Satisfied Requirement
October 9, 2007 10:46 AM Chapter 13: Another Court Holds That Standard Ownership Deduction Can Used For Vehicle Owned Free & Clear
October 3, 2007 9:49 AM 9th Circuit Holds Landlord's Tort Claims Not Limited By Section 502(b)(6) Cap On Lease Rejection Damages
September 28, 2007 9:45 AM Wells Fargo Hit With Fees And Sanctions For Stay Violations; Agrees To Order Enforceable In Any Court
September 28, 2007 9:20 AM Right to Jury Trial In Preference Cases: Sigma Micro Corp. v. Healthcare.com
August 16, 2007 2:04 PM Deepening Insolvency -- The Final Nail In The Coffin?
July 7, 2007 8:37 AM Hanging Paragraph Of §1325 Again; Tenth Circuit BAP Follows "Majority," Holds That Surrender Of "910 Vehicle" Constitutes Full Satisfaction Of Claim
July 6, 2007 9:21 AM Eighth Circuit BAP Addresses Derivative Standing, Holding That Prior Court Approval Is Required For Non-Trustee
July 6, 2007 8:26 AM Seventh Circuit Follows Minority Position - Hanging Paragraph Of §1325 Allows Creditor A Deficiency Claim After Surrender of Collateral
June 28, 2007 10:41 AM 3rd Circuit - Contemporaneous Exchange Defense To Preference Action Applies Even Where Payment Made In Context Of Credit Agreement
June 28, 2007 9:51 AM PR At Work: Houston Bankruptcy Judge Finds Firm "Disinterested" Even Where Lawyer In Firm Holds Claim Against Debtor And Served As Director Of Debtor Shortly Before Filing
June 27, 2007 10:10 AM 6th Circuit - Secret Agreement Between Plaintiff's Law Firm And In-State Co-Defendant To Defeat Diversity Need Not Be Disclosed
June 22, 2007 7:49 AM Arizona Bankruptcy Court - "Ride Through" Still Available For Secured Debts After Failure Of Timely Filed Reaffirmation Agreement
June 21, 2007 10:18 AM OJ's Book and the Bankruptcy Court, Part Two: "If I Did It, I'll Give It Away"
June 21, 2007 9:30 AM New Jersey Judge - Means Test Not Required For Conversion From Chapter 13 To Chapter 7
May 19, 2007 8:42 AM Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Creditors Cannot Bring Direct Claims For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty During Zone Of Insolvency
April 9, 2007 9:04 AM First-Tme Transaction Can Be "Ordinary Course Of Business" Defense to Preference Action
April 6, 2007 1:14 PM Means Test and "Special Circumstances:" Debtors' Desire To Live In Expensive Home Is Not A Valid "Special Circumstance"
March 6, 2007 12:55 PM Defense of "In Pari Delicto" Does Not Apply To Receiver's Action Under Georgia Law
March 4, 2007 11:29 AM 3rd Cir. - Section 546 Statute of Limitations Expired Prior To Election of "Permanent Trustee," Thus Barring Avoidance Actions
January 28, 2007 8:32 AM Texas Bankruptcy Court Finds Georgia Courts Would Not Recognize Tort of Deepening Insolvency; Denies Motion To Dismiss Based On Exculpation Provision
January 26, 2007 6:02 AM Reclamation Of Goods Under The BAPCPA
January 21, 2007 8:14 PM Judge Shoob Threatens "Rock, Paper, Scissors" To Resolve "Silly Motions" And "Petty Squabbles"
December 31, 2006 6:57 PM Southern District Of New York Interprets Section 14-2-640 Of Georgia Business Corporation Code
December 28, 2006 11:02 AM Is Secretarial Work (Whether Or Not Performed By Secretary/Assistant) Compensable?
December 26, 2006 6:34 PM Latest Case On Whether Credit Counseling Is Valid if Completed On Day Of Filing Of Petition
December 9, 2006 7:24 AM Another Court Strikes Down BAPCPA "Debt Relief Agency" Provisions As Unconstitutional (Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. US)
November 29, 2006 3:09 PM Is A Consmer Debtor's Cable Company a "Utility" Under Section 366?
November 12, 2006 11:04 AM Extension Of Time To Assume Or Reject Non-Residential Lease Must Be Obtained Prior to Expiration of 120 Day Period In BAPCPA Section 365(d)(4)
November 9, 2006 7:45 PM Delaware Supreme Court - If Trustee Does Not Properly Seek Substitution Or Intervention In Trial Court, He Has No Standing To Appeal
November 9, 2006 6:42 PM 1st Cir. - Trustee's Claims Arising From Fraudulent Merger Dismissed For Affirmative Defense Of In Pari Delicto
November 9, 2006 4:51 PM Court Finds BAPCPA Provision Facially Unconstitutional
November 9, 2006 9:09 AM DC Bankruptcy Court - Deepening Insolvency Is Not A Separate Tort, But A Theory Of Damages
November 8, 2006 10:27 AM Delaware Supreme Court - Duty Of Good Faith is Not A Stand-Alone Fiduciary Duty
November 5, 2006 9:15 AM Del. Chancery - Deepening Insolvency Is Not A Valid Cause Of Action, Or A "Coherent Concept," Under Delaware Law
November 4, 2006 1:40 PM Trustee Obtains Summary Judgment Due to Adverse Party's Pre-Litigation Destruction Of Documents
November 4, 2006 10:16 AM Third Circuit: Deepening Insolvency A Valid Cause Of Action In Pennsylvania, But Cannot Be Based Upon Allegations Of Mere Negligence
November 1, 2006 10:12 AM MD Fla. Bankruptcy Court - Deepening Insolvency Is Not A Viable, Cognizable Claim
October 28, 2006 10:07 AM Who Has Authority To File Bankruptcy Petition After The Appointment Of A Receiver By A State Court?
October 22, 2006 8:56 AM On-Court Basketball Incident Leads to Nondischargeable Debt
October 20, 2006 7:49 AM Rule 60(b) Not Applicable In District Court Sitting As Appellate Court
October 19, 2006 9:17 PM Return of Preference For Nondischargeable Debt May Result In Loss Of Exception To Discharge
October 15, 2006 11:22 AM Two Year Time Period of Section 1328(f) Runs From Date On Which Prior Case Was Filed, Not Date of Discharge
October 15, 2006 10:41 AM Personal Liability for Payroll Taxes, And Dischargeability of Trust Fund Taxes and Penalties
August 6, 2006 10:54 AM Interpreting §109(g)(2) - Strict Compliance or Congressional Intent? Are They The Same?
August 1, 2006 2:17 PM 5th Cir. - Chapter 7 Case May Be Dismissed for "Substantial Abuse" Based On Post-Petition Events
July 28, 2006 12:51 PM Direct Appeal Provisions of BAPCPA Only Apply to Cases Filed After October 17, 2005.
July 27, 2006 2:39 PM "Debt Relief Agency" Provision of BAPCPA Ruled Unconstitutional
July 26, 2006 6:36 PM More on Directors' Duty to Insolvent Wholly Owned Subsidiary
July 24, 2006 8:18 AM EDNY - Petitions Filed Without Counseling Are Stricken, Not Dismissed; Immediate Appeal Certified
July 19, 2006 2:17 PM Section 521 "Automatic Dismissal" a Great Riddle?
July 8, 2006 7:20 AM The Price is High For False Bankruptcy Schedules
June 29, 2006 9:36 AM EDNY - Creditors Committee Must Obtain Court Approval Prior to Filing Equitable Subordination Claim
June 28, 2006 8:25 PM Delaware BR Court - Officers and Directors of Wholly Owned Subsidiary Owe Fiduciary Duties to Subsidiary
June 22, 2006 1:03 PM Reaffirmation Agreements Under the BAPCPA
June 22, 2006 12:04 PM 9th Cir. BAP Opinion Cited as Pursuasive Authority For Authentication of Electronic Documents
June 21, 2006 5:25 PM Dismissal is Not Mandatory for Failure to Comply with Section 521 (BAPCPA)?
May 25, 2006 12:48 PM What is Chapter 7 Estate's "Business" for Tax Purposes?

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January 14, 2011 9:32 AM Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Monthly Breakfast Meeteings
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November 13, 2010 8:14 AM Atlanta Bar Bankruptcy Year In Review On December 7, 2010.
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October 2, 2010 8:58 AM Atlanta Bar Bankruptcy Section Meet & Greet Happy Hour
February 23, 2010 9:44 AM Seventh Annual Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium
February 2, 2010 11:55 AM Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Seminar 2010
January 16, 2010 10:21 AM Individual Liability For Unpaid Federal Withholding Taxes
January 2, 2010 9:43 AM Georgia Personal Bankruptcies Rise In 2009
December 5, 2009 7:45 AM Three More Georgia Banks Fail
November 26, 2009 10:24 AM New Bankruptcy Rules And Local Rules For The Northern District Of Georgia
September 24, 2009 11:01 AM When Are 529 Educational Funds Property Of The Bankruptcy Estate?
August 22, 2009 8:56 AM I Have Been Threatened With A Lawsuit If I Don't Return Money A Customer Paid Before They Filed For Bankruptcy! Do I Have To Give It Back?
August 22, 2009 8:12 AM Two More Georgia Banks Fail: First Coweta Bank, EBank Closed By Regulators
August 8, 2009 8:59 AM Fiduciary Duties Of Officers And Directors Of Failing Companies During "Zone Of Insolvency"
August 8, 2009 8:45 AM Protecting IP Rights From A Licensor's Bankruptcy
July 25, 2009 8:17 AM Security Bank Corp., Based in Macon, Georgia, Is Shut Down By Regulators
July 18, 2009 8:19 AM Starting To Be Old News In Georgia: FDIC Shuts Down First Piedmont Bank In Winder
July 14, 2009 8:25 AM CIT Preparing For A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing? What Happens To Its Borrowers?
June 26, 2009 8:27 PM Two More Georgia Banks Seized And Closed On Failure Friday
June 24, 2009 2:16 PM Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article Discusses Fall Of Cornerstone Ministries
June 20, 2009 5:51 AM Southern Community Bank In Fayetteville Becomes 12th Georgia Bank Closed By Regulators
June 7, 2009 12:30 PM Business Bankruptcies Rise 40% In May
June 7, 2009 12:18 PM Wills, Trusts , Probate, and Elder Care Lawyer in Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia -- Law Office of Luanne M. Bonnie
June 6, 2009 9:10 AM Most Bankruptcy Cases In 2007 Caused By Medical Bills, Study Finds
May 14, 2009 7:08 PM Another County Faces Loss Of School Accreditation, And Potentially Severe Financial Repurcussions
May 12, 2009 9:04 AM Atlanta Turnaround Management Association Seminars
May 7, 2009 9:39 AM Bankruptcy Seminar and Pollard Award Luncheon on May 21, 2009
March 27, 2009 4:36 PM Omni National Bank Becomes 10th Georgia Bank Failure
March 20, 2009 8:01 PM Ninth Georgia Bank Goes Down: FDIC Closes FirstCity Bank In Stockbridge
March 17, 2009 7:41 AM Atlanta Bar Association Elections
March 17, 2009 7:11 AM Record Number Of Georgia Foreclosures Scheduled For April
March 14, 2009 8:30 AM Theme Parks Suffering With Economy? Six Flags May Be Filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy And Ghost Town Already Has
March 12, 2009 9:38 AM House Considers Changes To Chapter 11 To Help Major Retailers
March 6, 2009 7:58 PM Another Friday Evening, Another Georgia Bank Failure - Freedom Bank Of Georgia Closed
March 6, 2009 7:47 AM Updated Means Test Figures.
March 5, 2009 6:22 AM Moody's Predictions For Companies That Will File Chapter 11 In 2009
March 3, 2009 6:54 AM Senator Joe Lieberman Complains About PACER Fees And Personal Data In Court Documents
February 14, 2009 7:21 AM Redaction Gone Awry - Screw-up Leads To Disclosure Of Clusely Guarded Settlement, And Value Of Facebook
February 11, 2009 9:33 AM Sixth Annual Emory Law School Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium
February 11, 2009 9:22 AM Upcoming Seminar - Bankruptcy Law and Litigation
February 6, 2009 8:37 PM Seventh Georgia Bank Fails - FirstBank Financial Services Seized By FDIC, Taken Over By Regions Bank
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February 3, 2009 8:00 AM Wall Street Journal Launches Bankruptcy Blog
January 28, 2009 5:48 PM Lawyers Can Now Take Camera Phones In Federal Courthouses In Northern District Of Georgia
January 18, 2009 9:06 AM Circuit City Decides To Liquidate And Close All Stores; Future Not Bright For Other Retailers
January 13, 2009 8:11 AM Record Number Of Atlanta Foreclosures Scheduled For February 2009
January 11, 2009 9:38 AM Wall Street Journal - Carl Icahn Believes Exclusivity Period In Bankruptcy Thwarts Recovery
January 10, 2009 10:18 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle: Georgia Bank Failures Could Reach One A Month In 2009?
January 7, 2009 2:27 PM Wall Street Journal Wealth Blog Discusses Country Club Crashes, References Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
December 17, 2008 11:10 AM Detroit Bankruptcy Judges Change Rules To Lure Automakers
December 16, 2008 1:12 PM If You Are Reading This Blog On Microsoft Internet Explorer
December 13, 2008 9:09 AM Another Georgia Bank Seized: Duluth-Based Haven Trust Bank
December 11, 2008 7:23 AM Atlanta And North Georgia Housing Market Hitting "Depression" Level?
December 7, 2008 2:39 PM Early Registration Open For Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute
December 7, 2008 2:22 PM Bankruptcy Court Pleadings Show How Michael Vick Spent Millions Of Dollars
December 7, 2008 10:18 AM WSB TV And Radio Financial Advisor Mike Kavanaugh Passes Away
December 5, 2008 6:05 PM FDIC Seizes First Georgia Community Bank
December 5, 2008 7:18 AM Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Four Loan Limit - Will It Chill Foreclosure Buying And Real Estate Market
December 3, 2008 10:32 AM Twitter And Facebook Page For Georgia Bankruptcy Law
December 2, 2008 4:36 AM NASCAR Could Be Victim Of Financial Problems Of Big Three Automakers
November 30, 2008 11:54 AM Recent Articles Of Interest
November 25, 2008 8:06 AM As Retailers Go Bankrupt, Discounters Moving In On Atlanta
November 24, 2008 10:57 AM Report: Bankrupt Companies More Likely To Face SEC Enforcement Action For Financial Statement Fraud
November 24, 2008 9:08 AM Add CitiGroup To The Government Bailout List?
November 22, 2008 8:49 AM Directors Quitting As Firms Flounder
November 22, 2008 8:23 AM Community Bank Of Loganville Seized By FDIC, Assets Go To Bank Of Essex
November 21, 2008 7:52 AM Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Halt Foreclosures For Holidays
November 19, 2008 5:18 PM Bill Introduced In Congress Which Would Allow Bankruptcy Judges To Modify Home Mortgages
November 18, 2008 7:04 PM General Motors Begs For Support Of Government Bailout To Avoid Bankruptcy
November 13, 2008 8:34 PM Delaware Bankruptcy Courts Are Busy - ECF Website Crashes For Several Days
November 13, 2008 7:09 PM General Growth Properties, Owner Of Several Atlanta Malls, May Seek Bankruptcy Protection
November 13, 2008 9:12 AM US News & World Report: More Bankruptcies Coming
November 12, 2008 9:14 AM What Would Happen If General Motors Was Not Bailed Out By Congress, And Instead Filed Chapter 11?
November 12, 2008 8:58 AM "Bloodbath" Coming To Buckhead Because Of Overbuilding?
November 10, 2008 2:31 PM Upcoming CLE: Bankruptcy And Commercial Law Year In Review
November 1, 2008 11:06 AM Atlanta Journal - Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Increase
November 1, 2008 10:08 AM Did 2005 Amendments To Bankruptcy Code Lead To Failures Of Financial Institutions?
November 1, 2008 9:22 AM Recent Articles Of Interest
October 1, 2008 9:18 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle - Robert Harris Homes Expected To FIle Bankruptcy Soon; Other Builders Facing Problems
October 1, 2008 7:56 AM Dan Rather Reports, On HDNET, Reports On Foreclosures In Georgia
September 30, 2008 8:51 AM Wall Street Journal - Court Orders Credit Bureaus To Remove Discharged Debt
September 30, 2008 8:10 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle Highlights Atlanta Bar Association's Reaffirmation Project
September 29, 2008 8:24 AM Citi Group To Buy Wachovia With Federal Aid
September 28, 2008 10:18 AM More Eateries File Chapter 11: Fox & Hound, Hand In Hand
September 27, 2008 11:41 AM FDIC Issues Cease And Desist Order To Chestatee State Bank
September 27, 2008 7:15 AM Wachovia Is Next In Line To Be Purchased?
September 27, 2008 7:07 AM Whats Left Of Washington Mutual Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
September 26, 2008 7:19 PM Law School Teaches Bankruptcy, Then Files Bankruptcy
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September 25, 2008 9:55 AM Bill Heard Chevrolet Closes All Dealerships; Bankruptcy Coming?
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September 22, 2008 8:25 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle: Builder Says Bankruptcy Process Was Great Learning Experience
September 20, 2008 9:09 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle: Home Builders and Developers Opt For Chapter 7 Instead Of Reorganization
September 15, 2008 9:42 AM Big Week On Wall Street: Two Giants To Disappear?
September 12, 2008 10:05 AM SEC Investigates Incorrect Rumors Of New United Airlines Bankruptcy Filing
September 11, 2008 11:45 AM Crocs, Lawsuits, Warning Labels and Neal Boortz
September 6, 2008 1:14 PM Georgia School Superindendent Kathy Cox Wins $1 Million On "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"
September 5, 2008 10:14 AM Eighth Circuit Says Bankruptcy Lawyers Can Advise Clients To Run Up Pre-Bankruptcy Debt
September 5, 2008 9:54 AM Atlanta Bankruptcy Lawyer Hayden Kepner Debates Neal Boortz On Fair Tax
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August 25, 2008 6:23 PM Judge Paul Bonapfel's Chambers Broken Into and Ransacked ... By A Raccoon
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July 29, 2008 1:18 PM Bennigan's Grill & Tavern, Steal & Ale, To Close And File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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July 13, 2008 7:24 AM Hayden Kepner
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July 7, 2008 7:55 AM Foreclosure Scams On The Rise
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June 25, 2008 8:33 AM Atlanta Business Chronicle Article Discusses Plight Of Subdivision Developers
June 23, 2008 10:25 AM Article: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. v. Lehman Bros. Inc.: Repurchase Agreement Safe Harbors, Subordinated Notes, Article 9 of the UCC
June 21, 2008 11:21 AM Article: Fiduciary Duties of Directors to Financially Troubled Companies
June 10, 2008 4:14 PM Atlanta Based Credit Card Marketer CompuCredit Charged With Deceptive Marketing And Abusive Debt Collection Tactics
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June 5, 2008 8:43 AM Latest Bankruptcy Statistics, Mortgage And Foreclosure Updates
June 3, 2008 7:28 AM New York Times Article On Kirk Wright Suicide And Continuing Litigation Involving NFL Players And Union
June 3, 2008 7:19 AM Article: Wave Of Litigation From Subprime Crisis
May 23, 2008 8:08 AM UK Guardian Article: Why Delaware And New York Get Largest Chapter 11 Case, And Why Chicago Does Not
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May 13, 2008 10:23 AM Federal Reserve Bank Of New York Interactive Map Of Non-Prime Mortgages In United States
May 6, 2008 4:02 PM Countrywide Admits Bankruptcy Errors, Tells Senate It Is Making Changes To Avoid Similar Errors In The Future
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April 30, 2008 12:45 PM New Bankruptcy Rule 6003; Judge Massey Order Cited In New Article
April 24, 2008 8:08 PM If You Live In Clayton County, Georgia, Watch Your Home Values Plummet
April 21, 2008 1:11 PM LinkedIn: New Group For Bankruptcy Lawyers In Georgia
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April 17, 2008 8:13 AM Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Law Firm For $1.2 Billion For Client Taking Too Long To Go Into, Then Out Of, Bankruptcy
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April 14, 2008 12:49 PM The Rumor Mill: Jefferson County, Alabama, Which Includes Birmingham, Might Be Largest U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy
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March 28, 2008 9:33 AM Should You File Chapter 7 For Your Small Business?
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March 18, 2008 2:45 PM Bankruptcy Law and Litigation Seminar, May 19, 2008.
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March 11, 2008 9:25 PM Eve Marie Carson
March 11, 2008 8:49 PM Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal 2008 Banquet Honoring Douglas Baird
March 7, 2008 11:41 AM Business Bankruptcy And Reorganization In Canada
March 6, 2008 12:28 PM Assembly Line Foreclosures?
March 3, 2008 11:53 AM Upon Requests From Clients, Ford & Harrison To Stop Billing For First Year Associates
February 25, 2008 4:03 PM Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium On March 6, 2008
February 12, 2008 10:36 AM Project Lifeline: President Bush And Lenders To Announce Foreclosure Aid Plan
February 7, 2008 9:04 AM Creditors Committee's Counsel's Fees Cut For Failure To Disclose Ties With Client
February 1, 2008 10:23 AM Roark Capital, Owner Of Chapter 11 Debtor Pike Nurseries, Forms $1 Billion Equity Fund
February 1, 2008 6:08 AM Northern District Chief Judge Bihary Comments On Rising Bankruptcy And Foreclosure Rates
January 30, 2008 8:01 AM Judge Fuller On Brian Nichols - "Everybody In The World Knows He Did It"
January 29, 2008 5:02 PM Georgia Second In Nation In Personal Bankruptcies
January 24, 2008 9:26 AM Shaquille O'Neal's Means Test: How The Other Half Lives
January 24, 2008 7:22 AM Creditors File Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Against Friedman's Jewelers
January 15, 2008 9:49 AM Upcoming Speaking Engagement - Creditors' Claims In Chapter 7 Cases
January 12, 2008 10:28 AM Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute 2008 On April 3-5, 2008
January 11, 2008 12:57 PM City Of Cleveland Sues 21 Banks Over Foreclosures
January 10, 2008 8:54 PM Bank of America To Buy Countrywide?
January 9, 2008 8:58 PM Can A City Sue A Mortgage Lender For Indirect Or Secondary Damages From Predatory Or Discriminatory Subprime Lending?
January 9, 2008 8:51 PM How Would A Countrywide Bankruptcy Would Affect Consumers?
January 9, 2008 1:14 PM More Bankruptcy Talk For Countrywide?
January 5, 2008 10:52 AM Wills, Trusts , Probate, and Elder Care Lawyer in Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia -- Law Office of Luanne M. Bonnie
January 2, 2008 4:58 PM Hundreds of Foreclosed Georgia Houses To Be Auctioned
January 1, 2008 6:55 AM New Means Test Figures For Cases Filed After January 1, 2008
December 25, 2007 7:31 AM Merry Christmas!
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December 17, 2007 1:59 PM David Hazinsky Part 2 - Intelligent Media Consultants and the True Motivation?
December 17, 2007 9:26 AM Joke of the Day: UGA Professor David Hazinski Proposes "Certification" of "Citizen Journalists"
December 7, 2007 7:43 PM CompUSA's Slow Death Coming To An End, Finally
November 28, 2007 3:23 PM U.S. Trustee Investigating Countrywide For Alleged Abuses In Bankruptcy Cases
November 28, 2007 9:46 AM Law.com Article: Law Firms As Targets For Bankruptcy Trustees
November 26, 2007 9:22 AM Martin Weiss Weighs In On Countrywide And Potential Bankruptcy Filing
November 15, 2007 8:23 AM Reclamation Rights Of Vendors In Chapter 11 Cases (Such As Pike Nurseries)-- Act Quickly!
November 11, 2007 9:54 AM Can A Lawyer In Georgia Complete (or "Ghostwrite") A Bankruptcy Petition And Schedules For A Client To File Pro Se?
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November 9, 2007 7:51 PM Levitt & Sons, Another Residential Homebuilder With Local Ties, Files Chapter 11
November 8, 2007 7:38 AM WSJ - New York Attorney General Cuomo Investigating Washington Mutual, First American And Others For Alleged Inflated Appraisals
November 7, 2007 10:24 AM BusinessWeek: "Bankruptcy Reform Bites Back" And Leads To Spike In Foreclosures
November 4, 2007 8:25 AM American Law Media (ALM) Now Indexing All Legal Blogs In Search Engine
November 4, 2007 8:16 AM Article: "Blacks Dominate Subprime Loans"
October 17, 2007 6:33 AM Movie Gallery Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
October 16, 2007 8:36 AM Metro Atlanta Foreclosures Hit Record High For November
October 12, 2007 7:57 AM Pat Flood, Former President Of Homebanc Mortgage Corp., Starts New Mortgage Company
October 12, 2007 7:50 AM National Foreclosure Rates Skyrocket In August And September
October 11, 2007 3:07 PM Atlanta-Based Beazer Homes Reports Violations In Its Mortgage Business, Dating Back Several Years
October 11, 2007 8:12 AM Wall Street Journal: "The United States Of Subprime"
October 10, 2007 8:42 AM Lynn LoPucki and Douglas Baird Discuss Bankruptcy Fire Sales
September 30, 2007 7:15 PM Legal Blogging and Ghostwriting - Don't Do It.
September 30, 2007 6:19 PM NetBank Parent Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition
September 28, 2007 5:03 PM Internet Lender NetBank Closed by Feds; Largest Bank Failure In Georgia History
September 5, 2007 9:16 AM New Acting United States Trustee For Georgia (and Region 21)
August 24, 2007 8:56 AM SmartMoney Interviews Henry Summer About BAPCPA And Mortgage Crisis
August 22, 2007 9:47 AM Tax Liability For Deficiencies After Foreclosures, Or Other Forgiveness Of Debt
August 22, 2007 8:36 AM Mortgage Lender Update: First Magnus Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Greenpoint Closes
August 16, 2007 10:40 AM Another Day, Another Lender - First Magnus Halts Loans Today
August 15, 2007 7:55 AM Homebanc Articles - Closing Attorneys Having To Cover Bounced Checks
August 10, 2007 1:34 PM Homebanc Mortgage Corp. Files Chapter 11
August 7, 2007 11:33 AM Homebanc Closes Atlanta Mortgage Business
August 7, 2007 6:48 AM Back In The Groove
August 6, 2007 8:11 AM Subprime Lender American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. Files Bankruptcy After Shutting Down
July 27, 2007 11:55 AM On Vacation
July 10, 2007 12:30 PM New York Times: Increasing Rate of Foreclosures Upsets Atlanta
July 4, 2007 8:32 PM Happy Independence Day - Scenes From The Peachtree Road Race
July 1, 2007 7:29 AM Is Section 522(p) of the Code - The Exemption Cap For Debtors Who Have Recently Made Interstate Moves - Unconstitutional?
June 27, 2007 9:19 PM Delta Airlines' Final Bankruptcy Tab
June 27, 2007 7:51 PM Former Bankruptcy Judge Tina Brozman Passes Away At 54
June 19, 2007 8:04 AM Triatek, Inc. Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Northern District Of Georgia
June 15, 2007 7:12 PM O.J. Simpson's Book "If I Did It" Goes To Goldman Family, Bankruptcy Judge Rules; May Be Renamed "Confessions Of A Double Murderer."
June 12, 2007 10:01 AM Flip This House Lawsuit -- What Do Judges Think Of Blogs?
June 11, 2007 2:07 PM Tweeter Home Entertainment, Parent of Local Retailer HiFi Buys, Files Chapter 11 In Delaware
June 9, 2007 10:45 AM American Landmark Group Files Chapter 11 Petition in Northern District
June 5, 2007 11:24 AM Builder Meyer-Sutton Homes files Chapter 11 in Newnan Division
May 28, 2007 9:30 AM More Commentary On Delaware Supreme Court's Decision In North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Gheewalla
May 26, 2007 8:01 AM American Chopper Crew Accused of Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy Case
May 21, 2007 1:33 PM We Were The Legal Blawg Of The Day And Missed It
May 18, 2007 10:24 AM NC Law Firm Helms Mullis & Wicker Rolls Out New Branded Vehicle For Courier Trips
May 10, 2007 6:02 PM Cravath Adds Bankruptcy Practice; Large Firms Gear Up For Rise In Business Cases
May 2, 2007 9:04 AM Financial Guru Dave Ramsey To Speak In Alpharetta On Sunday, May 6
April 26, 2007 10:46 AM Behind, But Catching Up
April 13, 2007 7:58 AM What Is A Sub-Prime Mortgage?
April 4, 2007 9:40 AM Wall Street Journal Blog: Bankruptcy Lawyers Preparing for the Surge
April 3, 2007 10:06 AM New Century Financial, Big Subprime Lender, Files Chapter 11 Petition And Lays Off 3200
March 31, 2007 10:04 AM Upcoming: Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute
March 23, 2007 10:25 AM Fiduciary Duty To Creditors During "Zone of Insolvency."
March 20, 2007 9:40 AM Article: Delta details post-bankruptcy employee compensation program
March 20, 2007 8:21 AM Bankruptcy Rates Higher in West Than In East
March 18, 2007 9:24 PM What Does the "Super Lawyers" Publication Think Of The Rules Of Professional Conduct?
March 16, 2007 11:24 AM American Bankruptcy Institute ("ABI") To Feature Bankruptcy Blogs On Its Website
March 16, 2007 10:54 AM Bally's Total Fitness Clubs May Seek Bankruptcy Protection
March 10, 2007 1:50 PM The New and Improved Georgia Litigation Blog
March 10, 2007 11:39 AM Registered Email?
March 10, 2007 9:07 AM Article: "Is The Death Knell Sounding For Retail Reorganization?"
March 8, 2007 8:41 AM Horseshoe Bend Country Club In Roswell Files Chapter 11
March 7, 2007 9:38 AM Welcome the Trial Presentation Blog
March 4, 2007 11:01 AM E-Discovery: Pocket Guide for Judges
February 28, 2007 8:20 AM Article: "Buying Distressed Assets Under §363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code"
February 26, 2007 5:04 PM We Made It To The Top Ten!
February 17, 2007 10:38 AM Upcoming Speaking Engagement For National Business Institute
February 14, 2007 4:41 PM Allied Holdings And Teamsters Agree to Delay Ruling On Motion To Reject Collective Bargaining Agreement
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February 2, 2007 4:56 PM Allied Holdings Moves To Reject Collective Bargaining Agreement With Teamsters
February 1, 2007 7:56 AM Another Local Auto Carrier, Blue Thunder Auto Transport, Inc., And Affiliates, Files Chapter 11 In Atlanta
February 1, 2007 7:53 AM Business & Consumer Bankruptcies Expected To Rise 70%
January 7, 2007 6:43 PM New Posts Discussing Fiducuary Duty Of Due Care and Stone v. Ritter
January 7, 2007 9:22 AM Is Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors A Viable Alternative To Bankruptcy In Georgia?
January 5, 2007 8:57 AM New Category: Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation
January 3, 2007 8:58 AM Bob Nardelli Resigns As CEO Of Home Depot
December 29, 2006 7:39 AM Georgia Leads Nation In Bankruptcy Filings The First Three Quarters Of 2006
December 28, 2006 5:22 PM Atlanta Business Chronicle Profiles Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Of MidCity Cuisine
December 28, 2006 12:47 PM Chapter 11 Debtor Collins & Aikman Likely Closing Plant In Americus
December 20, 2006 11:31 AM Estate Planning, Incorporation and LLC Formation Lawyers in Alpharetta, Georgia; Robinson & Miller, PC
December 19, 2006 8:06 AM Delta Airlines Files Disclosure Statement and Joint Plan of Reorganization; No Merger Included
December 5, 2006 9:00 AM Summary of New Electronic Discovery Rules
December 1, 2006 9:53 AM Amendments To Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure Effective Friday December 1, 2006
November 25, 2006 1:06 AM Online Means Test Calculator For Georgia Residents
November 23, 2006 10:13 AM New Law Blog Search Engine and Directory From Justia
November 20, 2006 6:40 PM Amrex Adoption Chapter 11 Case Update
November 20, 2006 8:49 AM Atlanta Bar Association "Bankruptcy And Commercial Law Year In Review" Coming Up December 14, 2006
November 20, 2006 8:17 AM George Singer Law Review Article On BAPCPA
November 10, 2006 11:32 AM Wills, Trusts , Probate, and Elder Care Lawyer in Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia
November 7, 2006 8:12 AM Adoption Service Amrex, Inc. Files Chapter 11 And Faces Criminal Investigation
November 4, 2006 4:23 PM The Story Of Milberg Weiss (The "Meanest Lawyers In The Room?")
November 3, 2006 11:26 AM Georgia Supreme Court Election (Part II)
November 2, 2006 7:33 AM The Georgia Supreme Court Election
October 22, 2006 10:39 PM The Means Test In Plain English
October 17, 2006 8:34 AM One Year Later
September 22, 2006 11:55 AM Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyer on MySpace
September 20, 2006 7:52 AM Law.com Article Discusses Another Case of "Absurd Results" Under BAPCPA
September 15, 2006 9:22 AM How to Save $140 on the Means Test
August 29, 2006 8:19 AM New Bankruptcy Statistics Released by the Administrative Office
August 23, 2006 8:18 AM Trying to Catch Up
August 14, 2006 8:45 AM Bankruptcy of Franchisee Closes Krispy Kreme Stores
August 5, 2006 8:13 AM Adequate Assurance For Utilities Under §366 of the BAPCPA
August 4, 2006 9:42 AM Bankruptcy Fraud -- Just Say No
August 1, 2006 3:10 PM Debtors Hell
July 31, 2006 7:17 PM Latest Edition of Preference Quarterly... and New PQ Website
July 26, 2006 2:20 PM New Bankruptcy Blogs Join the Party
July 18, 2006 10:45 AM Recent Cases on the Means Test
July 13, 2006 2:10 PM NACBA Members to Offer Free Initial Consultation
July 13, 2006 12:12 PM 11th Circuit Throws Out Lenient Sentence For Corporate Fraud ... And Throws Out the Judge To Boot.
July 11, 2006 2:16 PM Guilty Plea In Mortgage Fraud Scam Involving Forged NDGa Bankruptcy Court Order
June 30, 2006 4:37 PM Latest Developments in Kirk Wright and IMA Cases
June 26, 2006 12:20 PM Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 11 (Part 1)
June 26, 2006 9:25 AM Atlanta A City of Millionaires?
June 26, 2006 9:06 AM "Related To" Jurisdiction Sharply Reduced After Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan
June 23, 2006 9:38 PM The Anna Nicole Smith Saga Continues
June 23, 2006 7:36 AM What is the GA Bankruptcy Blog (Updated)?
June 15, 2006 6:59 AM Everything You Wated to Know About the BAPCPA
June 9, 2006 7:33 PM Judge Lift the Stay on the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers
June 1, 2006 7:58 AM IRS Issues Issues Procedures for Prompt Determination of Unpaid Tax Liability of Estate
May 20, 2006 11:24 PM Preference Quarterly - Latest Edition
May 18, 2006 2:10 PM International Management Update
May 12, 2006 11:45 AM NACBA Files Suit to Enjoin Enforcement of BAPCPA Against Attorneys
April 27, 2006 12:54 PM Ineligibility To File Under 11 U.S.C. 109(h) -- To Dismiss Or To Strike?
April 20, 2006 9:21 PM Turner Named Interim US Trustee for Region 20
April 20, 2006 12:03 AM Update on cases decided under the BAPCPA
April 19, 2006 6:07 PM O'Sullivan Industries Chapter 11 Plan Confirmed
April 18, 2006 11:49 PM K-mart Critical Vendors - The Bankruptcy Judge Responds
April 9, 2006 8:14 PM Judges Bash the BAPCPA
April 1, 2006 1:09 AM FirstLine Corporation Files Chapter 11 in Middle District
March 26, 2006 5:28 PM Motion Denied for Being Incomprehensible
March 20, 2006 11:36 PM Consumer Filings Climbing to Pre-BAPCPA Levels?
March 18, 2006 11:02 AM Hedge Funds file Chapter 11 Petitions - Updated
March 17, 2006 11:31 PM March Reading Recommendations
February 28, 2006 10:58 PM Is the BAPCPA a failure for consumers?

Northern District Cases

February 11, 2012 1:14 PM Creditor Forces Individual, Non-Consumer Debtor Into Chapter 11; Debtor's Claims Of Unconstitutional Involuntary Servitude And Unlawful Peonage Fail.
December 8, 2011 1:31 PM Facebook Files Discharge Complaint For Debtor's Alleged Unlawful Domain Name TypoSquatting
November 13, 2011 9:31 AM 11th Circuit Affirms Availability Of "Value" Defense For Recipients Of Fraudulent Transfers Who Were Equity Holders Of Debtor
October 26, 2011 8:08 AM Cagle's Farms Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Georgia; Reclamation Claims Filed.
May 27, 2011 10:10 AM Supreme Court of Georgia Rules On Mortgage Attestation Question
February 26, 2011 9:53 AM Lawsuits Being Flying Against Officers, Directors, Insiders And Professionals Of Failed Banks
November 11, 2010 9:16 AM Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition in N.D. Georgia
September 5, 2010 8:42 AM The Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filing Of American Shingle & SIding, Inc.
August 7, 2010 8:26 AM Northern District Bankruptcy Judges Rule On Deed Attestation Issues
February 28, 2010 9:26 AM Does A Credit Card Issuer Have A Security Interest In Good Purchased On Card? Yes, says Judge Bonapfel.
February 28, 2010 8:58 AM ND Ga - Chapter 7 Case Not Dismissed Merely Because Debtor Had Not Filed Tax Returns In Several Years
February 6, 2010 10:43 AM ND Ga - Creditor Not Entitled To Default Judgment; Responsibilities Of Lawyers
February 6, 2010 9:40 AM ND Ga - Chapter 7 Trustee Cannot Sell Avoidance Claims
January 10, 2010 10:45 AM Another Atlanta Developer In Bankruptcy: Miles Properties And Related Entities File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District Of Georgia
January 6, 2010 5:33 PM Recent Chapter 11 Cases In Northern District Of Georgia
December 4, 2009 9:22 AM Chapter 11 Cases Filed In Northern District Of Georgia In November-December 2009
November 26, 2009 10:24 AM New Bankruptcy Rules And Local Rules For The Northern District Of Georgia
November 4, 2009 8:53 AM Chapter 11 Cases Files In October and November 2009
November 4, 2009 8:53 AM Chapter 11 Cases Files In October and November 2009
September 23, 2009 12:30 PM Triad Senior Living Facilities File Chapter 11 Petitions in Northern District Of Georgia
September 5, 2009 8:30 AM AJC Article Discusses Spa Sydell Chapter 11 Filing
August 5, 2009 11:25 AM Chapter 11 Cases Filed In Northern District In July - August 2009
July 10, 2009 4:01 PM Another Developer Files Chapter 11: Lake Burton Development, LLC Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
July 8, 2009 12:40 PM Chapter 11 Cases Filed In Northern District In June-July 2009
June 23, 2009 8:30 AM Two More Construction Related Companies File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District
June 15, 2009 4:51 PM Silverton Financial Services, Formerly The Bankers Bank, Files Chapter 7 Petition After Being Closed By FDIC
June 13, 2009 9:00 AM Recent Opinions In The Northern And Middle Districts Of Georgia
June 3, 2009 9:43 AM Chapter 11 Cases Filed In Northern District In May And June 2009
June 2, 2009 7:15 AM Caraustar Industries And Related Companies File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District
June 2, 2009 6:58 AM Owners of Highlands Apartments Files Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District
May 6, 2009 8:51 AM Chapter 11 Cases Files In May 2009
April 10, 2009 8:30 AM ND GA - Court May Consider Reaffirmation Agreement Where Debtor's Attorney Refuses To Provide Certification
April 7, 2009 3:36 PM Chapter 11 Cases Files In March And April 2009
March 6, 2009 7:57 AM N.D. Ga. - Judicial Estoppel Not Applied To Claim Not Disclosed In Debtor's Chapter 13 Schedules
March 3, 2009 7:19 PM Extreme Makeover Homeowner Files Bankruptcy Petition To Stop Foreclosure
March 3, 2009 5:51 PM Chapter 11 Filings For Northern District of Georgia In March 2009
February 24, 2009 7:14 AM Failed Haven Trust Bank Files Chapter 7 Petition In Northern District of Georgia
February 13, 2009 7:58 AM Several More Pure Med Spa Affiliates File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District Of Georgia
February 12, 2009 8:20 AM Article Discusses Chapter 11 Case Of Real Estate Exchange Services, Inc.
February 6, 2009 7:17 AM Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia For January 2009
January 30, 2009 10:23 AM Chapter 7 Trustee Investigates Whether Georgia School Superintendent's Game Show Winnings Are Property Of Bankruptcy Estate
January 21, 2009 1:01 PM Wanted: Two New Bankruptcy Judges For The Northern District Of Georgia
January 7, 2009 1:14 PM Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia For December 2008 - January 2009
January 1, 2009 7:57 AM Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition
December 12, 2008 7:14 AM District Court: Bankruptcy Court Must Appoint Examiner If Requirements Of §1104(c)(2) Are Established
December 6, 2008 7:03 AM A Favorite Shop Of "Real Housewives Of Atlanta" Files Chapter 11 In Atlanta
December 5, 2008 4:42 PM Pure Med Spa Files Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District Of Georgia
December 2, 2008 4:18 AM Recent Chapter 11 Cases In Northern District Of Georgia
November 26, 2008 11:59 AM Cherokee Run Country Club, Host Of 1996 Olympic Events, Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
November 22, 2008 1:13 PM Georgia School Superintendent Kathy Cox Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition In Northern District
November 21, 2008 3:13 PM Statistics For Bankruptcy Filings In Northern District: Numbers Going Up.
November 21, 2008 2:44 PM Another Wine Shop Joins The Grape In Chapter 11
November 19, 2008 4:05 PM Vubotics, Inc. Files Chapter 11 Petition In Northern District
November 15, 2008 9:54 AM Westminster Ceramics, LLC FIles Chapter 11 In Northern District Of Georgia, Will Liquidate
November 12, 2008 9:36 AM Amended Bankruptcy Rules And Forms Effective December 1, 2008
November 6, 2008 6:14 PM More Chapter 11 Filings: The Grape Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
November 4, 2008 6:25 PM Recent Chapter 11 Filings For Northern District
November 1, 2008 9:56 AM Integrity Bank Files Chapter 7 In Northern District Of Georgia
October 9, 2008 2:18 PM American Synthol Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
October 7, 2008 10:13 AM Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia, October 2008
October 7, 2008 7:55 AM AtheroGenics Consents to Relief, Moves To Convert To Chapter 11
October 4, 2008 9:56 AM Catalyst Natural Gas Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Northern District
September 25, 2008 11:38 AM Owner Of Atlanta Area Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q Restaurants Files Chapter 11
September 18, 2008 7:58 AM Involuntary Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against AtheroGenics, Inc.
September 3, 2008 8:53 AM Recent Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia
August 30, 2008 11:13 AM Order For Relief Apparently To Be Entered In Ply-Mart's Involuntary Case; Case Will Be Converted To Chapter 7
August 30, 2008 10:06 AM Le Jardin, Upscale South Fulton Development Controlled By Brian Jordan, Files Chapter 11
August 19, 2008 5:14 PM More Casualties Of The Construction Slowdown? Building Products Manufacturer PHX Home Products Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
August 14, 2008 10:53 AM Gold Creek Golf Club in Dawsonville Apparently Closes, Files Chapter 11
August 11, 2008 11:28 AM Atlanta Based Atlantis Plastics Files Chapter 11 Petition In Northern District Of Georgia
August 6, 2008 9:12 AM Kirk Wright, International Management Associates Bankruptcy Trustee Points Fingers At IMA's Lawyers, And Seeks $80 Million From Them
August 5, 2008 10:42 AM Recent Chapter 11 Filings
July 29, 2008 4:59 PM Textile Manufacturer TI Acquisition Files Chapter 11 In Rome Division, Northern District Of Georgia
July 20, 2008 10:46 AM ND GA - Tax Sale Of Debtor's Residence Violated Stay, But Court Retroactively Annuled Stay
July 17, 2008 4:15 PM DLN Holdings, LLC Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
July 2, 2008 5:19 PM Ply-Mart's, Inc. in Bankruptcy: Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Filed By Creditors
June 29, 2008 9:06 AM Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District Of Georgia For June 2008
June 29, 2008 8:11 AM ND Ga: Funds Spent On College Age Children Should Go To Creditors In Chapter 13 Plan
June 24, 2008 3:15 PM U.S. District Court Appoints Receiver For Norcross Based Building Supplier Ply-Marts, Inc.
June 1, 2008 7:55 AM Countrywide Fires Back In Lawsuit Filed By United States Trustee (In re Atchley)
May 25, 2008 10:02 PM Kirk Wrights Commits Suicide Before Sentencing
May 22, 2008 8:47 AM Several Related Real Estate Entities File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District
May 6, 2008 9:00 AM Pre-Foreclosure Day Chapter 11 Cases
May 3, 2008 9:38 AM ND Ga - Chapter 7 Trustee Could Neither Assign Tort Claim Nor "Conditionally Abandon" Valuable Cause Of Action
May 3, 2008 9:10 AM ND Ga - Compensation For Chapter 11 Counsel After Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee And Then Conversion Of Case To Chapter 7
April 27, 2008 8:39 AM Recent Chapter 11 Filings: Verso Technologies, Inc. And Related Companies File Chapter 11 In Northern District
April 9, 2008 11:48 AM Recent Chapter 11 Filings In Northern District of Georgia
March 18, 2008 1:40 PM Amended Bankruptcy Rule 6003 And Chapter 11 Applications For Employment
March 8, 2008 3:19 PM Cornerstone Ministries Investments, Inc., Lender To Churches And Faith-Based Organizations, Files Chapter 11 Petition
March 7, 2008 11:10 AM 11th Circuit - Mere Failure To Comply With Court Order Insufficient For Denial Of Discharge
March 5, 2008 4:19 PM Several Related Shopping Centers File Chapter 11 In Northern District
February 29, 2008 7:05 AM United States Trustee Sues Countrywide For Abusive Practices And Frivolous Pleadings
February 27, 2008 3:03 PM Pike Nursery Assets Sold At Auction, Subject To Court Approval.
February 18, 2008 8:48 AM Wheeler's, Inc. And 19 Related Building Products Suppliers, File Chapter 11 Petitions In Northern District
February 5, 2008 4:16 PM New Chapter 11 Filings Include Several Real Estate And Construction Related Companies
February 1, 2008 3:49 PM Pike Nurseries Seeks Court Approval For Sale of Assets
February 1, 2008 6:08 AM Northern District Chief Judge Bihary Comments On Rising Bankruptcy And Foreclosure Rates
January 16, 2008 8:10 AM Disgraced Former Durham Prosecutor Mike Nifong Files Bankruptcy Petition
January 3, 2008 8:20 AM Georgia Homebuilder Oakwood Homes, LLC, Which Recently Did Project For "Extreme Makeover," Files Chapter 7 In Northern District Of Georgia
December 6, 2007 9:24 AM New Amended Rules And Forms
November 25, 2007 8:57 AM Pike's Nursery Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Update
November 22, 2007 9:13 AM Habersham Mill, LLC Files Chapter 11 Petition In Atlanta
November 16, 2007 10:01 AM Jocks & Jills Restaurants To Be Sold In December
November 16, 2007 9:27 AM Developer of Panama City Project Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
November 14, 2007 12:46 PM Pike Nurseries Files Chapter 11 In Northern District
October 30, 2007 10:53 AM ND Ga - Bankruptcy Trustee's Claims Against Officers And Directors Subject to Statute Of Limitations
October 16, 2007 8:12 AM The Dave Ramsey Show Premiers On New Fox Business Channel
October 11, 2007 8:33 AM Phil Astin, Physician Accused Of Over-Prescribing Steroids To Wrestler Chris Benoit, Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy In Northern District Of Georgia
October 3, 2007 9:08 AM District Court (N.D. Ga.) Holds That Rule 9(b) Applies To Allegations Of Actual Fraud Under Georgia State Fraudulent Transfer Law; Standard Relaxed For Bankruptcy Trustees
October 2, 2007 2:05 PM Dirty Diapers II: Comments From The Lawyers In Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Lambert
October 2, 2007 12:07 PM Passing Off Dirty Diapers: District Court Reverses $457.8 Million Judgment Against Weyerhaeuser, Finds Spin-Off Company Assumed Liability For Patent Infringment In Asset Transfer Agreement
June 14, 2007 8:03 AM ND Ga - Court Has No Jurisdiction Over Claims After Discharge, Abandonment and Report Of No Distribution; Discharge Injunction Does Not Prohibit Set-Off
June 2, 2007 9:10 AM N.D. Ga. - Kipperman v. Onex Corp., and Applicability Of Rule 9(b) To Fraudulent Transfer Claims
May 28, 2007 9:10 AM ND Ga - Trustee's Complaint For Fraudulent Conveyance Satisfied Pleading Requirements
May 11, 2007 9:40 AM ND Ga - Security Deeds Recorded During Preference Period Not Avoided As Preferences Where Trustee Had Inquiry Notice
May 10, 2007 9:34 AM ND Ga - Debtor Corporation Could Not Be Compelled To Convene Annual Shareholders Meeting
April 12, 2007 12:55 PM SouthStar Funding, LLC Files Chapter 7 Petition in Northern District of Georgia
April 3, 2007 4:29 PM ND Ga. - Under BAPCPA, Debt Arising From Divorce Decree Was Non-Dischargeable Even Where It Was Not Alimony Or Support
April 3, 2007 3:56 PM ND Ga. - Guardian Ad Litem Fees Nondischargeable in Pre-BAPCPA Case
March 19, 2007 2:19 PM Jocks & Jills Restaurants Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
March 3, 2007 4:16 PM ND Ga. - Trustee's Objection To Claim Denied In Absence Of Some Basis To Suspect Claim Not Owed
March 3, 2007 4:09 PM ND Ga. - Adversary Proceeding Contesting Discharge, Filed One Day After Deadline, Dismissed
January 27, 2007 9:33 AM ND Ga - Debtor Cannot Surrender Vehicle In Full Satisfaction of Secured Claim If Vehicle Worth Less Than Secured Claim
January 27, 2007 8:42 AM ND Ga - Bankruptcy Court Has Supplemental Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Third-Party Claim That Does Not "Arise Under" The Bankruptcy Code Or "Arise In" Bankruptcy Case, And Is Not "Related To" The Bankruptcy Case
January 2, 2007 8:42 AM NDGa - Trusts Created Under Georgia Law Must Be Represented By Counsel
December 31, 2006 7:44 PM NDGa - Creditor May Delegate Or Bargain Away Its Right To Vote For Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
December 28, 2006 10:04 AM NDGa - Trustee Could Surcharge Debtors' Exemptions Where Debtors Engaged In Pattern Of Pre-Petition And Post-Petition Misconduct
December 28, 2006 8:58 AM NDGa - Misc. Cases; Issue Preclusion Where Defendant Not A Party To Prior State Court Action; Collateral Estoppel For Fraud Judgments
December 19, 2006 7:41 AM ND Ga Follows Minority; Pursuant to 11 USC 1325 ("Hanging Paragraph"), Surrender of "910" Vehicles Does Not Constitute Full Satisfaction Of Debt
October 28, 2006 8:25 AM ND Ga - Misc Cases; Discharge; Incurring Debt Without Intent To Pay; Intent to Deceive
October 26, 2006 10:24 AM ND Ga - Misc. Cases; Dischargeability of Guardian Ad Litem Fees and Lottery Ticket Sales Proceeds
October 24, 2006 8:18 AM ND Ga - Creditor Not Entitled To Stay Relief On Grounds of International Comity To Pursue Claims Against Debtor In Canada
October 24, 2006 8:05 AM ND Ga - Properly Filed Georgia State Tax Lien Secured By Debtor's Personal Property
October 22, 2006 10:37 AM ND Ga - Claim for Fees or Sanctions In State Court Action Disallowed In Bankruptcy
October 22, 2006 9:55 AM ND Ga - Misc Cases; Adequate Protection for Vehicles; Abandonment Of Undisclosed Causes Of Action; Reinstatement of Drivers License Pursuant to Section 105.
October 22, 2006 9:37 AM NDGa - Accrued Pre-Petition Vacation Pay Payable Post-Petition Is Property Of The Estate
October 21, 2006 9:39 AM ND Ga - Violation of Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ("PACA") May Give Rise To Nondischargeable Debt
October 21, 2006 9:16 AM ND Ga - Bad Faith, Or Lack Of Good Faith, Alone Not Grounds To Dismiss Under Section 707
October 21, 2006 7:59 AM NDGa - Auto Lessor Not Entitled to Administrative Claim For Excess Mileage Where Lease Not Assumed In Chapter 13 Plan
October 20, 2006 6:54 PM Rash of Filings under Fictitious names
October 20, 2006 8:20 AM ND Ga - Know Who Your Client Is... Or Is Not
October 20, 2006 8:03 AM ND Ga - Court Not Required To Transfer A Case When Filed In Wrong Division
October 15, 2006 8:15 PM ND Ga - Chapter 11 Debtor's Insider Not Entitled To Administrative Claim For Unauthorized Loan Fees Paid On Behalf of Debtor
October 15, 2006 7:46 PM ND Ga - Chapter 13 Case Reconverted to Chapter 7 After Debtor Fails To Propose Confirmable Plan
October 15, 2006 2:07 PM Titan Financial Group Chapter 11 Case In The News
October 15, 2006 12:41 PM NDGa - Chapter 13 Case Dismissed As Bad Faith Filing; Debtor Could Not Re-litigate Issues Decided In Prior Case
October 15, 2006 12:04 PM NDGa - No Jurisdiction Over Lien Priority Dispute Where No Estate Property Was Involved And Judgment Could Not Affect Estate Or Bankruptcy Case
October 4, 2006 8:12 AM ND Ga - Judicial Estoppel Bars Debtor's Undisclosed Suit But Trustee Can Pursue Claim If Not Abandoned
September 24, 2006 12:51 PM NDGa - Court Not Required To Dismiss Case For Failure To Obtain Counseling Or Failure to File Pay Advices
September 4, 2006 11:48 AM NDGa - Debtor's Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees In Chapter 13 Case
September 4, 2006 11:30 AM NDGa - Case Reopened to Add Previously Undisclosed Cause of Action
September 4, 2006 11:09 AM NDGa - Debtor May Convert From 7 to 13 After Concealing Asset; Availability of Exemption In Concealed Asset "Uncertain"
August 4, 2006 9:57 AM NDGa - Automatic Stay Does Not Apply to Creditor's Motion to Dismiss Debtor's Lawsuit Where Creditor Asserts No Counterclaims
July 18, 2006 11:58 AM ND Ga - Debtors Cannot Buy A Discharge
July 14, 2006 7:56 AM ND Ga - Creditor Must Establish Entitlement To Unclaimed Chapter 13 Funds
July 3, 2006 10:05 AM NDGa - Judge Mullins Joins Judge Massey in Holding that Ch. 13 Plan May Use Actual Disposable Income, Not Necessarily CMI as Defined in BAPCPA
June 28, 2006 1:27 PM Is a Strike Imminent in for Allied Holdings?
June 24, 2006 7:23 AM NDGa - In a Case of First Impression, Judge Massey Confirms Ch. 13 Plan Based on Actual Post-Petition Income and Not "Current Monthly Income" As Defined By BAPCPA
June 8, 2006 4:16 PM ND Ga - General Order Establishes Requirements for Dismissal Pursuant to Section 521(i)
June 7, 2006 1:07 PM ND Ga - Debtors May Include Installment Payments to Secured Creditors in Means Test Calculations Even If Property Will Be Surrendered
June 5, 2006 9:03 AM NDGa - Sarbanes-Oxley Meets the Bankruptcy Code; Arbitration Appropriate for § 523(a)(19) Claims
May 28, 2006 9:32 AM NDGa - State Court Judgment for Conversion Does not Necessarily Meet Elements of §523(a)(6)
April 15, 2006 12:59 AM NDGa - Debtors Did Not Lose Redemption Rights By Failing to Meet Deadline in Order
April 7, 2006 7:21 PM ND Ga - Debtor's Divorce Attorney Lacks Standing to Pursue Exception to Discharge Under § 523(a)(5) and (a)(15)
March 28, 2006 12:57 AM NDGa - Real Estate Broker Entitled to Claim for Commission Arising From Rejected Contract
March 8, 2006 7:51 AM ND Ga - Misconduct of Creditor's Employee Is Not An Excuse For Missing Bar Date
February 27, 2006 12:53 AM NDGa - Motion to Reimpose Stay Characterized As a Section 105(a) Request
February 22, 2006 12:51 PM NDGa - Case Filed by Individual Ineligible Under §109(h) is Dismissed, Not Stricken
February 6, 2006 11:05 AM ND Ga - § 523(a)(2) Not Applicable Where Fraudulent Conveyance Occured After Extension of Credit
January 8, 2006 10:53 AM ND Ga - Allied Holdings Wins Approval of Key Employee Retention Plan
January 6, 2006 10:21 AM ND Ga - Administrative Bar Date Extended Where Creditor Did Not Receive Sufficient Notice
January 4, 2006 1:30 PM ND Ga - Collateral Estoppel Applied to Except Debt From Discharge
January 3, 2006 11:19 PM NDGa - Creditor Violated Stay By Refusing to Dismiss Garnishment and Return Funds
December 30, 2005 4:59 PM NDGa - Chapter 13 Debtor Does Not Have Unconditional Right to Dismiss Case
December 27, 2005 11:08 PM ND Ga - Where Professional Employed Under § 328, Fee Arrangement Will Not Be Reconsidered
December 26, 2005 11:57 PM NDGa - Lack of Notice No Excuse for Extension of Time to File Claim
December 26, 2005 11:51 PM NDGa - Secured Creditor Must Comply With State Law to Be Entitled to Deficiency Claim
December 26, 2005 11:48 PM NDGa - Chapter 11 Claims for Punitive Damages Decided on Case-by-Case Basis
December 26, 2005 11:39 PM NDGa - Lack of Good Faith Appeal Bars In Forma Pauperis Status
December 26, 2005 10:54 PM NDGa - Court cannot reimpose stay under Section 105 to impair or create new rights
December 26, 2005 10:51 PM NDGa - Secured Creditors must support claim for attorneys fees
December 17, 2005 4:55 PM NDGa - Unapproved Fees Must Be Kept In Trust Account
December 16, 2005 11:45 PM NDGa - Can a Creditor Move for Extension of Time to File Dischargeability Complaint After the Bar Date?
December 15, 2005 11:36 PM NDGa - Judicial Admissions in Complaint Barred Recovery of Alleged Estate Property
December 14, 2005 11:31 PM NDGa - Pre-petition Assignment of Proceeds of Lawsuit Not Void Under State Law
December 13, 2005 11:28 PM NDGa - Individuals Ineligible to File Without Counseling Certificate or Exemption Under Section 109(h)(3)
December 12, 2005 11:42 PM NDGa - Trustee Entitled to Turnover Documents from Debtor's Prior Counsel
December 12, 2005 12:16 AM NDGa - Chapter 13 Plan Could Not Discriminate In Favor of NonDischargeable Claims
December 11, 2005 11:53 PM NDGa - Partial Payment of Note Was Within "Ordinary Course" Defense Even Where It Was the First Transaction Between Parties
December 10, 2005 12:31 AM NDGa - Chapter 13 Debtor Entitled to Continuation of Stay in Second Case Filed in Twelve Months
December 10, 2005 12:03 AM NDGa - Court Would Not Reopen Chapter 11 Case to Rule on Alleged Stay Violation
November 8, 2005 10:27 AM Chapter 11 Bookstores Files for Chapter 11

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October 26, 2011 8:08 AM Cagle's Farms Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition In Georgia; Reclamation Claims Filed.
September 8, 2011 11:19 AM Can Creditors File A Derivative Action Against Limited Liability Company?
September 7, 2011 8:45 AM Assignments of Trademarks in Bankruptcy - Judge Posner and 7th Circuit Provide Answer
January 16, 2010 10:21 AM Individual Liability For Unpaid Federal Withholding Taxes

Southern District Cases

March 7, 2010 8:15 AM Do "Activists" Have Standing To Object To A Chapter 11 Plan Of Newspaper Publisher?
November 7, 2009 9:00 AM Southern District Opinion; Relief From Stay; Single Asset Case
April 21, 2009 6:53 PM Title Lender TitleMax Files Chapter 11 In Southern District Of Georgia
September 12, 2008 8:35 AM U.S. Trustee Has Until Conclusion Of First Meeting Of Creditors To File Presumption Of Abuse Statement; But, Failed To Show Cause To Extend Deadlines For Motion To Dismiss Or Objection To Discharge
December 6, 2007 9:10 AM Misc. Georgia Cases - Post-Petition PI Claim Not Ch. 13 Estate Property; Claim For Sales Taxes Disallowed In Individual Case
June 20, 2007 6:42 AM SD Ga - Deceased Father's Teachers Retirement Funds, Passed To Daughter After His Death, Not Property Of Daughter's Bankruptcy Estate
May 3, 2007 4:39 PM S.D. Ga. - Means Test Not Required Where Debtor Converted From Chapter 13 to Chapter 7, And Form B22C Reflects Below Median Income
February 11, 2007 10:28 AM SD Ga - Motion To Continue Automatic Stay Not Moot Merely Because No Creditors Had "Taken Action" Prior To Filing Of Second Case
December 28, 2006 10:54 AM SDGa - Debtors' Motion To Amend Schedules Denied Where Asset Not Property Of Estate
November 1, 2006 8:54 AM SD Ga - District Court Dismisses US Trustee's Appeal Of Order Holding Lawyers Are Excluded From "Debt Relief Agencies"
October 15, 2006 8:32 PM SD Ga - No Federal Jurisdiction Where Only Connection To Bankruptcy Estate Was Rejected Lease
May 6, 2006 8:09 AM SD Ga - Judge Dalis Uses § 105 to Reimpose Stay to Debtors Otherwise Ineligible Under § 362(c)
April 5, 2006 12:44 AM SDGA - Debtors Eligible for Chapter 13 Even If They are Ineligible for Discharge
March 29, 2006 12:47 AM SDGa - Section 1325 (The "910" Clause) Means that Secured Claims Cannot Be Bifurcated
March 12, 2006 10:54 PM SDGa - Claim "Secured" by "910 Vehicle" Not Secured After All
December 27, 2005 12:06 AM SDGa - Former Debtor Could Pursue RICO Claim but Fraud and Conversion Claims Belonged to Estate
December 12, 2005 11:08 PM SDGa - Attorneys Practicing in Southern District Not "Debt Relief Agencies" Under BAPCPA

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US Supreme Court Cases

March 8, 2010 10:58 AM Milavetz: U.S. Supreme Court To Bankruptcy Lawyers -- You Are Debt Relief Agencies
February 25, 2010 9:52 AM Venue For Large Chapter 11 Cases: Has The Supreme Court Changed the Rules?
June 17, 2009 9:40 AM Supreme Court To Hear Case About Discharge Of Student Loans In Chapter 13 Plan
January 17, 2008 8:50 AM US Supreme Court Decides Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientifc-Atlanta; Limits Investor Fraud Lawsuits
March 20, 2007 10:44 AM US Supreme Court - Bankruptcy Law Does Not Forbid Recovery Of Attorney's Fees Provided By Contract
February 21, 2007 11:24 AM US Supreme Court - Debtor Does Not Have Unqualified Right to Convert From Chapter 7 To Chapter 13
November 8, 2006 11:25 AM US Supreme Court - Recap of Argument in Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
June 15, 2006 8:23 PM US Supreme Court Rules That Workers Comp Premiums Not Entitled to Priority Status
June 12, 2006 10:56 AM US Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Right To Convert Chapter 7 to Chapter 13
June 9, 2006 8:59 PM One Bankruptcy Case Remaining To Be Decided in Supreme Court Term
May 2, 2006 12:41 PM Anne Nicole Smith Prevails in Supreme Court
February 20, 2006 12:30 AM US Supreme Court - States Are Not Immune from Preference Actions

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