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 In  Sugar & Sasser v. Burnett, the Fourth Circuit upheld in part and vacated in part a district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s sanctions arising from a Chapter 13 debtor’s unauthorized sale of her residence. The debtor, Christine Sugar, sold her home during the pendency of her case without prior court approval as required by Eastern District of North Carolina Local Bankruptcy Rule 4002-1(g)(4) and her confirmed Chapter 13 plan, even though the property was partially exempt

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The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded a bankruptcy court ruling that had held Gary D. LeClair, a founding member of the now-defunct law firm LeClairRyan PLLC, liable for tax obligations due to his status as a firm member at the time of its bankruptcy filing.

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Several small  businesses had entered into two separate agreements with Bank of America—one for deposit accounts (which contained an arbitration clause) and one for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans (which did not). When the businesses sued over handling of the PPP loans by Bank of America,it moved to compel arbitration based on the deposit agreements.

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The Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit against Rocket Mortgage (formerly Quicken Loans) and its affiliate, Amrock, LLC (formerly Title Source, Inc.), regarding mortgage appraisals used in refinancing transactions, alleging  that the defendants influenced home appraisals by transmitting homeowners' estimated property values to appraisers, thereby rendering the appraisals “worthless” and violating West Virginia consumer protection laws.

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BK Racing, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018. Matthew W. Smith, appointed as trustee and later sole manager of the reorganized debtor, initiated adversary proceedings to recover allegedly fraudulent transfers and address related claims.
The complaint included claims such as fraudulent transfers, civil conspiracy, conversion, stay violations, and turnover of property.