Bankruptcy Blogs

Financial Dermatologists

01/09/13

The Yellow Pages that arrived at my door yesterday. This strange book is an object of great fascination to a generation that has grown up watching YouTube and relying on Wikipedia instead of World Book and Brittanica.  It was pure Kismet, but when I opened the volume, it was to Lawyers-Bankruptcy.  It turned out to be an enlightening experience. The Yellow Pages is perhaps the only place one can find concentrated advertising by bankruptcy (and other) lawyers.

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Blogging Like It's 2009 -- Now with Facebook!

01/08/13

It seemed time to catch up with the rest of the world. My kids tell me there is this thing called "Facebook" that might just catch on. We now have a Facebook page. Perhaps even better, you can "Like" or "Share" individual posts, or you can "Like" the whole blog from the button on the right. For Facebook neophytes like me, the difference between a "Like" and a "Share" is who sees your activity in Facebook.

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Pay Your Mortgage After You File Chapter 13 if You Want to Keep Your House

01/08/13

In my latest Bankruptcy Law Network post, I talk about a Chapter 13 debtor’s obligations after his case is filed.  In this video I talk more specifically about a Chapter 13 filer’s obligation to make his on-going mortgage payments, on time, as they come due after filing.

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Expect Mobile Payments to Have a Breakout Year

01/08/13

The common enemy of electronic payments is cash, and so any technology that makes it more convenient and more rewarding to use a credit or debit account is good for business.

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Bad Faith Constitutes “Cause” For Dismissal of a Bankruptcy Case

01/08/13

By: Kathleen Mullins

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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