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		<title>Lien-Stripping Approved in Chapter 20 Cases&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/14/lien-stripping-approved-in-chapter-20-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a “Chapter 20” bankruptcy case – a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filed within four years of a Chapter 7 discharge – there is no per se rule barring lien-stripping, and the 4th Circuit affirms an order stripping off liens secured by collateral with no value to support them in this suit involving debtors’ residences. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia lawyers find trouble in Maryland&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/01/virginia-lawyers-find-trouble-in-maryland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trio of Virginia-licensed lawyers recently found themselves facing criminal or disciplinary action in this state after first running afoul of authorities in Maryland. A lawyer who pleaded guilty in Maryland to taking part in a small business loan fraud scheme said to involve more than $100 million in losses now has admitted to misappropriating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Error in Denial of Nondebtor Releases&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/24/no-error-in-denial-of-nondebtor-releases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Anthony J. Trenga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this appeal by debtor National Heritage Foundation, the Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds the bankruptcy court’s decision that certain nondebtor release provisions of debtor’s fourth amended plan of reorganization were not warranted and should be severed from the reorganization plan. On appeal, debtor National Heritage Foundation Inc. raises three issues: whether, on remand the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Hardship Discharge for Doctor’s Loans&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/22/no-hardship-discharge-for-doctors-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Anthony J. Trenga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Eastern District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 65-year-old student loan recipient who has trained and worked as an ophthalmologist, and who has a graduate degree in special education and has nearly completed a Ph. D. in education, has not demonstrated that her inability to make student loan payments is likely to persist or that she had made good faith efforts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property Transfer to Parent Was Fraudulent&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/16/property-transfer-to-parent-was-fraudulent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Samuel G. Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Eastern District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A debtor who transferred 90 percent of his interest in a 50-acre parcel to his mother for $10, but delayed notarizing the deed until shortly before the rescheduled foreclosure sale, and then failed to disclose his transfer, may not have the debt discharged, as the Roanoke U.S. District Court affirms the bankruptcy court. Debtor’s closely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disbarment raises questions about reciprocal discipline&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/10/disbarment-raises-questions-about-reciprocal-discipline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Stephen C. St. John]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time in a dozen years, a Virginia State Bar discipline panel has struggled with whether Virginia lawyers should be forced to defend their VSB privileges based on suspension or revocation by federal authorities. The issue of so-called “reciprocal discipline” arose in the case of a Portsmouth lawyer who had his privilege to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fee Award OK Under Retainer and Rule&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/03/fee-award-ok-under-retainer-and-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/03/fee-award-ok-under-retainer-and-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Michael F. Urbanski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court upholds a bankruptcy court’s fee award to debtor’s counsel for work that included adversary proceedings and a motion to sell a parcel of real estate, based on the bankruptcy court’s interpretation of the Rule 2016(b) disclosure and a retainer agreement. The bankruptcy court found that the attorney’s fees for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Proofs of Claim for HOA Members&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/29/no-proofs-of-claim-for-hoa-members/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/29/no-proofs-of-claim-for-hoa-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion Digests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Anthony J. Trenga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Eastern District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this bankruptcy proceeding by debtor homeowners’ association, the bankruptcy court erred in allowing proofs of claim filed by HOA members who say they suffered damages when they reasonably relied on false representations about allocation of parking spaces to townhomes without garages; the Alexandria U.S. District Court reverses judgment for the appellee-creditors, who failed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purchase Loan Was Nondischargeable&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/20/purchase-loan-was-nondischargeable/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/20/purchase-loan-was-nondischargeable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion Digests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Norman K. Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Lynchburg U.S. District Court reverses a bankruptcy court’s denial of a creditor’s motion to have a debt declared nondischargeable; the bankruptcy court erred in its factual findings, and the district court concludes the creditor has proven fraudulent misrepresentations that render the debt nondischargeable. The creditor, a semi-retired homebuilder, loaned $150,000 to debtor to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payment to Surety Not ‘Preference’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/14/payment-to-surety-not-preference/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/14/payment-to-surety-not-preference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge G. Steven Agee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A $1.375 million transfer by debtor, an environmental engineering firm, to a Miller Act surety within 90 days of debtor’s bankruptcy filing was not an avoidable preference under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b), and the 4th Circuit affirms summary judgment for the insurance company in this suit filed by the bankruptcy trustee. The trustee filed an [...]]]></description>
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