Bankruptcy Blogs

"Anatomy of a Financial Collapse"

04/14/11

On April 13, 2011, the United States Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, Committe on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued its report "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse."

Jordan E.

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"Anatomy of a Financial Collapse"

04/14/11

On April 13, 2011, the United States Senate Permanent Subcommitte on Investigations, Committe on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs issued its report "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse."

Jordan E.

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Upcoming Events In Georgia

04/13/11

Here is a list of events of interest to Bankruptcy lawyers in Georgia.  Please send a message or leave a comment if there are others.

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Upcoming Events In Georgia

04/13/11

Here is a list of events of interest to Bankruptcy lawyers in Georgia.  Please send a message or leave a comment if there are others.

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Discharging Student Loans: Blindness and Permanent Disability Not Undue Hardship

04/12/11

From time to time I receive inquiries from people seeking to discharge a student loan in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Student loans can only be discharged for “undue hardship.” Undue hardship in this context means things are really, really bad.

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Bankruptcy Tweets for April 2011 - Part I

04/11/11

I attached this New Yorker cartoon to my first blog post in October 2005.  Blogging, however, really doesn't lend itself to incessant barking.  Tweeting does.  Back then, I wrote:

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Not a Good Idea to Object to Every Claim

04/10/11
You know that nothing good can come from an opinion which begins like this:
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AbitibiBowater Commences Avoidance Actions

04/10/11

Earlier this month, Avidity Partners, LLC ("Avidity"), in its role as claims agent for the bankruptcy estates of AbitibiBowater, Inc., et al.

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The Many Benefits of Brokered Deposits

04/08/11

Recent bank failures have given brokered deposits a bad rap, writes George Sutton, a former Utah commissioner of financial institutions. When used properly, they carry benefits that vastly outweigh the isolated instances where they are misused, he says.

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Can Debtors File Joint Bankruptcy Petition If One Spouse Is In Prison?

04/08/11

A woman called me to ask whether she and her husband could file bankruptcy while her husband was in prison. The woman is concerned about her husband’s inability to attend the trustee meeting. She said her husband could not initiate phone calls, and that the state will not transport him to a bankruptcy meeting or hearing. This woman said another bankruptcy attorney previously told her that she and her husband could not file bankruptcy until her husband was released permanently or on parole.

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