consumer bankruptcy

A Lawyer and Partner, and Also Bankrupt...for reasons that have nothing to do with being a non-equity partner...

01/25/14

It's all the rage these days to beat up on law school as a bad investment and to moan about the economic travails of the legal profession.  There are some reasonable critiques that can be leveled at the shape of legal education and its costs and there are clearly important changes going on in the economics of the legal profession.  But in a NY Times column, James Stewart has tried to connect these imp

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Treatment of Non-Spousal Inherited IRAs in Bankruptcy

01/23/14

By: Kimberly Tracey

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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Treatment of Non-Spousal Inherited IRAs in Bankruptcy

01/23/14

By: Kimberly Tracey

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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Expanding Bankruptcy Rights of Social Security Recipients

01/23/14

By: Sarah Roe

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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Expanding Bankruptcy Rights of Social Security Recipients

01/23/14

By: Sarah Roe

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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Fairness Over Deference: A Sea Change on the Horizon in the Interpretation of the Form 1099-C Filing Process?

01/14/14

By: Patrick Christensen

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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The Eighth Circuit BAP Holds that Health Savings Accounts are Not Excluded From the Bankruptcy Estate

01/10/14

By: Michelle Nicotera

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff

 

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5 Things Student Loan Lawyers Ask Borrowers Who File for Bankruptcy

01/06/14

It’s nearly impossible to cancel your student loan debt in bankruptcy.

Fewer than 1,000 people try each year. Those who do are required to file a lawsuit against their lenders and then convince a bankruptcy judge that they’re so poor there’s no hope of ever repaying the loans.

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5 Things Student Loan Lawyers Ask Borrowers Who File for Bankruptcy

01/06/14

It’s nearly impossible to cancel your student loan debt in bankruptcy.

Fewer than 1,000 people try each year. Those who do are required to file a lawsuit against their lenders and then convince a bankruptcy judge that they’re so poor there’s no hope of ever repaying the loans.

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Does the Absolute Priority Rule Apply to Individual Debtors?

01/03/14

By: Colin Coburn

St. John’s Law Student

American Bankruptcy Law Review Staff

 

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