9th Circuit: Debtor Showed Bad Faith By Omitting Asset From Schedules
December 3, 2009 By
SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S Court of Appeals on Nov. 24 affirmed a district court ruling, which held that a debtor's legal malpractice claim against a law firm that sued him for bad faith failed because he didn't list a business interest in his bankruptcy schedules (Holland & Knight v. Alan DeAtley, No. 08-35814, Chapter 7, 9th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 25755).
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