Fri.Nov 22, 2019

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Fifth Circuit Pumps The Brakes On Arbitration

Consumer Financial Services Law

In a recent appeal directly to the Fifth Circuit from a Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court, the court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration. In Henry v. Educational Financial Service, the Chapter 13 debtor initiated an adversary proceeding against her creditor asserting the creditor violated the discharge injunction by attempting to collect a discharged debt.