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Dealing with mortgage servicers can be frustrating. Sometimes it is difficult or impossible to get a clean chain of title or a good accounting. In a new opinion by Judge Stacey Jernigan, the Court was faced with a request for fees incurred by a chapter 13 ... Read full article

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Print Page Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit recently offered the following advice to appellate attorneys: ... Read full article

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A report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts highlights a disturbing trend: since the adoption of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005, pro se filings have grown dramatically. You can read the report here . In ... Read full article

The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges concluded with an interview of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan by Third Circuit Judge Marjorie Rendell and Bankruptcy Judge Randall Dunn. Justice Kagan was very humble and self-effacing, but was not overly ... Read full article

The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges concluded with an interview of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan by Third Circuit Judge Marjorie Rendell and Bankruptcy Judge Randall Dunn. Justice Kagan was very humble and self-effacing, but was not overly ... Read full article

I am at the 2011 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in Tampa, Florida. For this first day, I heard a good mix of consumer and chapter 11 programs along with a provocative economist. Here are a few highlights. Chapter 11 Issues ... Read full article

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Rajeev Date had the unenviable job of filling a speaking slot originally assigned to Elizabeth Warren to discuss the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is currently the Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer ... Read full article

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Prof. Ralph Brubaker and Prof. Ken Klee spoke on “Not Again! Will Bankruptcy Courts Survive the Supreme Court’s Second Look At Stern v. Marshall?” However, their panel could have been titled, “Does the Bankruptcy World Need Yet Another Talk on Stern v. ... Read full article

The PACER and CM/ECF programs have revolutionized the practice of bankruptcy law. Thanks to PACER, I can download a document filed in almost any district in the country for the low price of $.08 per page (soon to go up to $.10 but still cheap). Thanks to ... Read full article

Tech visionary Steve Jobs died yesterday. One of many items being circulated about him is a commencement address he gave at Stanford in 2005. I have copied it in its entirety below. However, I wanted to focus on one passage which speaks to what we do as ... Read full article