Bankruptcy Blogs

After bankruptcy–bills, calls and illegal harassment

02/16/13

After bankruptcy, you might get a call or a bill on a debt that was discharged in your case.  Trying to collect a discharged debt during or after the bankruptcy is a violation of the bankruptcy stay–while your case is open–or bankruptcy discharge, once your case is closed.

Don’t get upset, but do take action.

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Too Big to Regulate? The Warren Debut

02/16/13

Elizabeth Warren’s questioning of financial regulators at her first Senate Banking Committee hearing got a lot of attention for her pointed question about when was the last time any of their agencies had taken a large bank to trial.  It was a telling exchange, but I think the attention it received overshadowed her even more interesting second question (here at 04:29):  why is the market capitaliz

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To Increase Chances Of Getting Your Chapter 13 Plan Confirmed, Add An Apology

02/16/13

According to a new study by Robert Lawless and Jennifer Robbennolt (summarized in the Wall Street Journal), Judges are more likely to approve a Chapter 13 plan that includes an apology.  From the Wall Street Journal article:

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To Increase Chances Of Getting Your Chapter 13 Plan Confirmed, Add An Apology

02/16/13

According to a new study by Robert Lawless and Jennifer Robbennolt (summarized in the Wall Street Journal), Judges are more likely to approve a Chapter 13 plan that includes an apology.  From the Wall Street Journal article:

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Bloggers Rally to Defense of Defamation Defendant

02/15/13
I have previously written about Crystal Cox, a self-styled investigative blogger, who found herself on the receiving end of a judgment for $2.5 million after she posted caustic comments about a bankruptcy trustee.  You can find the prior post here.   One aspect of the District Court's opinion which raised my eyebrows was the court's stingy application of the media privilege.    Under the District Court's view, most bloggers wou
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Do Apologies Matter in Bankruptcy?

02/15/13
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As financially stretched Americans prepare to plead for a bankruptcy judge to approve their debt-payoff plans, could adding a single word—“sorry”—help their case?

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