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Hutton v. Vasa (In re Vasa)

Ruling
Debtor attorney's debt to law partner resulting from mismanagement of client trust account was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Whether creditor attorney sustained the burden of proof that certain obligations allegedly owed by the debtor law partner resulting from debtor's mismanagement of a client trust fund account are nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 08, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-121

In re Gianasmidis

Ruling
Sanctions not warranted against debtor's former attorneys where contested motion to stay was not frivolous.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's former attorneys be sanctioned for pursuing an allegedly frivolous motion to stay creditor from proceeding against debtor in state court?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 11, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-034

In re Rielly

Ruling
LLC attachment and levy on debtor's checking and brokerage accounts was not a willful stay violation.
Issue(s)
Did creditor willfully violate the automatic stay when it attached and levied on the debtor's checking and brokerage accounts pursuant to a state court trustee process order and refused to release the attachments on those accounts despite notice of the commencement of the bankruptcy case? Holdings

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 11, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-008

Lassman v. Short (In re Foley)

Ruling
Mortgage creditor granted relief from stay over trustee's objection.
Issue(s)
Should creditors who granted debtors a mortgage to purchase their property be granted relief from the automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 22, 2016 , LexisNexis #0216-076

Wiscovitch-Rentas v. Villa Blanca VB Plaza LLC (In re PMC Mktg. Corp.)

Ruling
Bankruptcy court erred in finding that the ordinary course of business exception prevented avoidance of preferential transfer.
Issue(s)
Were debtor's transfers to commercial landlord within 90 days of the petition date properly held to be protected from avoidance as preferential by the ordinary course of business defense?

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Court :
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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 19, 2016 , LexisNexis #0216-088

Nilsen v. Mass. Dept of Revenue (In re Nilsen)

Ruling
Taxes for which debtor filed actual returns were not excepted from discharge.
Issue(s)
Were taxes for years in which debtor filed actual returns excepted from discharge?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 14, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-117

Butler v. Candlewood Rd. Partners LLC (In re Raymond)

Ruling
Trustee could amend complaint in avoidance proceeding to add a fraudulent transfer claim.
Issue(s)
Could trustee amend complaint in avoidance proceeding to add recently discovered fraudulent transfers?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 09, 2015 , LexisNexis #0116-035

In re BB Island Capital LLC

Ruling
Relief from stay granted where debtor did not establish that property against which creditor sought to proceed was essential to an effective reorganization.
Issue(s)
Should creditor be granted relief from the automatic stay to foreclose on four parcels of debtor's real property?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 05, 2015 , LexisNexis #1215-006

In re Corbett

Ruling
Sales order could be modified to provide clarification.
Issue(s)
Should sale order be modified to hold that the sale of property would not be free and clear but subject to a right of first refusal in favor of lessee?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #1115-074

In re Morency

Ruling
Creditor law firm's objection to individual creditors' judgment claim overruled.
Issue(s)
Was claim based on a state court judgment nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 18, 2015 , LexisNexis #1015-045