DECISION AND ORDER G. Michael Halfenger , Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge . Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., filed a proof of claim in Lisa Jacobson's bankruptcy case for $126,382 owed on a note secured by a mortgage on Jacobson's residence. Jacobson brought this adversary proceeding against Wells Fargo alleging that the note and mortgage are void or voidable because her ex-husband conspired with a mortgage broker and one or more lenders to fraudulently obtain a guaranty from the U.S....
DECISION AND ORDER REGARDING NICOLET NATIONAL BANK'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS Beth E. Hanan , United States Bankruptcy Judge . In the consumer bankruptcy realm, an "emergency filing" often refers to the filing of a petition for relief, without schedules, in order to forestall some imminent state court or creditor action. The degree of gravity can be assessed by acquiring additional, sometimes mitigating information. Lawyers are bound by multiple duties—duties to clients and the courts. Lawyers...
DECISION AND ORDER CONSTRUING DISPUTED CLAIMS BETH E. HANAN , Bankruptcy Judge . This is a patent case about disposal systems for medications, against the backdrop of a bankruptcy claim objection. The Court has reviewed the parties' claim construction briefs and heard well-wrought oral argument. In the intervening period since the hearing presentation, the parties attempted mediation with retired bankruptcy judge Susan V. Kelley, but those efforts were unsuccessful. For the reasons stated...
DECISION ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Beth E. Hanan , United States Bankruptcy Judge . Sometimes courts must state what is plain, as in, there is no marital property when there is no marriage. Here, the plaintiffs hold a sizeable judgment for fraud committed by the debtor's ex-wife. The plaintiffs settled their fraud case with the ex-wife, a former employee who pled no contest, along with the debtor who agreed at the time that the judgment could be satisfied from marital assets....
