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The Automatic Stay. It is one of the greatest and most powerful provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. If sections of the Bankruptcy Code were literary characters, the Automatic Stay would be a superhero. The Automatic Stay comes from section 362 of the ... Read full article

A recent New York Times piece confirms a lot of what readers of A Clean Slate already know: A lot of debt settlement outfits are scams and don’t deliver anywhere close to what they advertise. ... Read full article

A couple times recently that people have asked me the same simple question and been surprised by the answer. The question: “When should people call you?” The answer: “When the first really bad thing happens.” ... Read full article

“Zombie Debt” is a term that people in my business use for debt that is not legally enforceable. The debt generally has been either paid, settled, or discharged in a bankruptcy. So how does it happen? ... Read full article

New York Times columnist Ron Lieber writes about student loans and bankruptcy in his Your Money column this week. Ron spotted this post from A Clean Slate about how student loans are like a tattoo and called me to chat about it. Ron happens to know me ... Read full article

Because I am a nerdy restructuring and bankruptcy attorney, I am on a fair number of email listervs with colleagues. One recurring item in our discussions is what legendary bankruptcy attorney Max Gardner calls the “ Alphabet Problem .” If you click on ... Read full article

“Zombie Debt” is a term that people in my business use for debt that is not legally enforceable. The debt generally has been either paid, settled, or discharged in a bankruptcy. So how does it happen? ... Read full article

Last fall, I had the honor and pleasure of being interviewed for an American Bankruptcy Institute podcast with Professor Laura Bartell about foreclosure fraud and the problems in mortgage documentation.  The podcast came out just as the robosigning ... Read full article

I wrote a short article on a very nerdy commercial bankruptcy litigation issue for the American Bankruptcy Institute. The article was published in the spring newsletter of the ABI’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee . I have received good feedback on it so ... Read full article

The Automatic Stay. It is one of the greatest and most powerful provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. If sections of the Bankruptcy Code were literary characters, the Automatic Stay would be a superhero. The Automatic Stay comes from section 362 of the ... Read full article

Because I am a nerdy restructuring and bankruptcy attorney, I am on a fair number of email listervs with colleagues. One recurring item in our discussions is what legendary bankruptcy attorney Max Gardner calls the “ Alphabet Problem .” If you click on ... Read full article

A couple times recently that people have asked me the same simple question and been surprised by the answer. The question: “When should people call you?” The answer: “When the first really bad thing happens.” ... Read full article

The rock classic “American Pie” was inspired by the tragic death of three rock-n-roll greats, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper Richardson, in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. Don McLean famously coined the term “The Day the Music Died” to ... Read full article

The CBS news show 60 Minutes produced a show on fraudulent mortgage documents. The show touches on a lot of the issues we have been discussing here on A Clean Slate. There are two segments worth watching. This is the link to the main show on YouTube. And ... Read full article

A recent New York Times piece confirms a lot of what readers of A Clean Slate already know: A lot of debt settlement outfits are scams and don’t deliver anywhere close to what they advertise. ... Read full article

New York Times columnist Ron Lieber writes about student loans and bankruptcy in his Your Money column this week. Ron spotted this post from A Clean Slate about how student loans are like a tattoo and called me to chat about it. Ron happens to know me ... Read full article

http://bklawblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/can-i-keep-house-if-i-file-bankruptcy.html ... Read full article

http://bklawblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-i-practice-and-why.html ... Read full article