Recent Posts in AMICUS BRIEFS

• Posted By Robert Kovacs 4-Nov-2012

  Recent Cases - Provided By the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers.

  Social Security Income Not Included in Projected Disposable Income In an important victory for debtors, the Tenth Circuit found that social security income is not included in the calculation of projected disposable income and that its exclusion ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 29-Sep-2012

  Case Update from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers

  The case updates below are provided by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. I am proudly a member! Please visit their website at www.NACBA.org. "No Lien Stripping under Section 506(d) The Tenth Circuit found that an allowed ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 29-Apr-2012

  National Associaiotn of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney's - Case Update and Amicus

  National Associaiotn of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney's – Case Update and Amicus Riverside Bankruptcy Court's Sua Sponte Dismissal Reversed The District Court for the Central District of California reversed Bankruptcy Judge Johnson's ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 31-Mar-2012

  Recent Bankruptcy Cases from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

  Recent Bankruptcy Cases from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Debtors have been the beneficiaries of some significant appellate decisions in recent weeks, with NACBA and NCBRC (National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center) ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 1-Mar-2012

  Case Update -- Amicus from NACBA

  From the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers. Fourth Circuit Opens Door to Class Proofs of Claim The Fourth Circuit recently found that class proofs of claim are permissible subject to certification under Bankruptcy Rule 7023 ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 27-Oct-2011

  NACBA AMICUS NEWS

  Solicitor General Supports Debtor in Supreme Court In Countrywide v. Rodriguez, No. 10-1285 (S.Ct.) the United States Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief opposing certiorari and supporting debtor's position that a servicer violates the ...

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• Posted By Robert Kovacs 30-Jul-2011

  "RECENTLY FILED AMICUS BRIEFS." and "OTHER NEWS" -- From the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers

  "RECENTLY FILED AMICUS BRIEFS: Exemption for Inherited IRA NACBA has filed an amicus brief in the case of In re Chilton, No. 11-40377 (5th Cir.). That case addresses the issue of whether a debtor may exempt an inherited IRA from his bankruptcy ...

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