Bankruptcy lawyers recently gained access to a promising technology for improving the efficiency of tasks like drafting a motion for relief from stay. ChatGPT allows users to employ generative artificial intelligence by...more
Section 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code excepts from discharge in bankruptcy certain student loans, “unless excepting such debt from discharge under this paragraph would impose an undue hardship.” By its terms, section...more
In a recent decision by the Sixth Circuit’s bankruptcy appellate panel, the court affirmed contempt sanctions against a creditor’s lawyer for violating the discharge injunction in connection with a garnishment. See In re...more
In June, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its Opinion in Stiff v. Equivest Financial, LLC, in which it held that a 2013 Bessemer tax sale occurring inside the Probate Courtroom — and not on the front steps of the courthouse —...more