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March 16, 2021
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Enforcing the Bankruptcy Discharge
Date/Time: March 18, 2021, 3-5 PM EST.
Presenters: Jim Haller Esq., Matthew Mason, Esq.
Cost: $99 Members Only
 
What You Will Learn: The panel will discuss how to enforce your client’s discharge under the Taggart standard. The panel will review and explain the cases interpreting and citing Taggart, provide example complaints and demand letters, and provide a summary of cases citing Taggart from jurisdictions across the United States.
 
Why You Should Attend: You need to enforce the bankruptcy discharge efficiently for your client and as a potential source of additional revenue for your firm.
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Latest Bankruptcy News
Debtors Entitled to Fees for Creditor’s Collateral Attack on Contempt Motion
Where the creditor raised all its defenses to the debtors’ contempt motion in a collateral adversary complaint, the debtors were entitled to at least a portion of their attorney fees incurred in litigating the adversary proceeding under section 362(k)(1). Moon v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC., No. 20-1199 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. Feb. 4, 2021) (unpublished).
Debtor’s Challenge to Dischargeability Barred by Laches
The debtor was barred by the doctrines of laches and equitable estoppel from asserting that a debt was nondischargeable where he had stipulated to its nondischargeability in an earlier bankruptcy and had not raised the issue of nondischargeability during several subsequent years of litigation concerning that debt. Storick v. CFG LLC, No. 20-80126 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 21, 2021).
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Belonging to NACBA, the only national organization dedicated to serving the needs of consumer bankruptcy attorneys and protecting the rights of consumer debtors in bankruptcy, provides you with the information and resources you need to advance your career and enhance your quality of service.
 
One of the most popular features of NACBA membership is the ability of NACBA members to pose bankruptcy questions and get real time responses from their colleagues around the country. This listserv, which also functions as a virtual community of people doing the same type of work, is a boon for the new practitioner as well as the most sophisticated consumer bankruptcy attorneys.
 
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