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Second Circuit Stands By Brunner Test For Discharge Of Student Loan Debt

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When the Bankruptcy Code was first enacted in 1978, student loan debt could be discharged either after the passage of five years since the repayment obligation began, or if repayment would impose an undue hardship on the...more

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Bankruptcy Court Discharges Student Loan Debt

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On January 7, 2020, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Cecilia G. Morris of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued a notable opinion in the case of Rosenberg v. N.Y. State Higher...more

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50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy, Trades In Da Club for In Da Courthouse

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The rapper Curtis James “50 Cent” Jackson III filed a voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in Connecticut bankruptcy court on Monday, July 13, 2015. Jackson rose to prominence with songs like In Da Club and P.I.M.P. from...more

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Is “Inadvertence” a Good Excuse When a Debtor Fails to List a Pending Lawsuit Among the Bankruptcy Estate Assets? Maybe So.

Earlier this year, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion that caused a stir among bankruptcy law aficionados. In Ah Quin v. County of Kauai DOT, the Ninth Circuit court was faced with a bankruptcy debtor who failed to list her...more

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