News Topic: bankruptcy

Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Carroll v Logan .  This will have an impact for future chapter 13 cases in this circuit. ... Read full article

Two months from now will bring the five year anniversary of the unraveling of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, one of the bookends, along with the collapse of Lehman Brothers ., of the extraordinary Fall of 2008 . To date, Trustee Irving Picard has recovered ... Read full article

Who says there are only five reasons not to file for Bankruptcy ? ... Read full article

Two years ago in Stern v Marshall , the Supreme Court surprised many observers by placing constitutional limits on the jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Courts. The Court, in limiting the ability of a bankruptcy court judge to render a final ... Read full article

The U.S. Trustee comes a’knocking at your door.  it doesn’t care about no stinkin’ attorney-client privilege.  The attorney work product privilege is just so many meaningless words to it. ... Read full article

Credit cards file lawsuits to show they’re upset and they miss your payment.  If they win, they have a judgment against you.  It’s not unusual for debt collectors to say bankruptcy doesn’t “work” then.  They’re wrong! ... Read full article

Bankruptcy can help in a lot of ways.  One less well-known benefit is to free up a copy of a college transcript to use for employment or future school applications, when you can’t afford to pay the college back right now. ... Read full article

I know — a silly headline.  Bankruptcy is admittedly an extreme way to lower your monthly credit card payments.  But that depends on whether you are asking yourself the right question. ... Read full article

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Missouri bankruptcy filers have more protection for their tax refunds now.  Particularly working families have more certainty their financial needs won’t be disrupted when they need to file Chapter 7. ... Read full article

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You may want to consider buying a car prior to filing your Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. Filing bankruptcy isn’t a matter of going to your bankruptcy lawyer’s office, plunking your money down, and signing a few documents. It involves planning. ... Read full article

The City of New Orleans, where I practice as a consumer bankruptcy attorney, is home to all branches of the United States Armed Forces. ... Read full article

Did you put off filing bankruptcy until after somebody got a judgment against you? Pre-bankruptcy judgments are liens on property you own before the bankruptcy.  (Sometimes they can be removed;  sometimes they can’t.)   But they do NOT become a lien on ... Read full article

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Sometimes academics who study a subject lose the forests for trees. In the process, they perpetuate stereotypes that have no basis in fact.   And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. ... Read full article