Keri L Costello

August 12, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the financing statements identified the individual debtor with his middle name abbreviated, the court concluded that the financing statements were defective and, therefore, that the lender's security interest had not been perfected.

By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Keri L. Costello

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October 01, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In In re Smith, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently joined the majority of circuit courts of appeals in finding that a creditor seeking a judgment of nondischargeability must demonstrate that the injury caused by the prepetition debtor was both willful and malicious under Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.

By Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. and Keri L. Costello

10 minute read