In an important ruling for personal bankruptcy cases in Connecticut, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that Connecticut’s new homestead law, which increased the exempt amount of a “homestead” from $75,000 to $250,000,...more
A homestead exemption is a law that protects a certain amount of equity in an individual’s primary residence from the claims of his or her creditors or, in some states like Florida, the amount of the exemption is unlimited...more
Litigation funding has becoming increasingly common for general litigation matters, although its validity will still depend upon applicable state law. See generally Robert Miller, J.D., Annotation, Enforcement and Funding of...more
The National Rifle Association (commonly known as the NRA), a New York not-for-profit corporation with its principal place of business in Virginia, has tested the limits of how accommodating Chapter 11 can be to a solvent...more
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Bankruptcy trustees continue to vigorously pursue actions in which they sue colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education to recover tuition payments made by parents for their children when the parents...more
On May 4, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed the controversial and widely discussed decision of the Bankruptcy Court in In re MPM Silicones, LLC, 2014 WL 4436335 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y....more