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Disclosures Matter: The Case of Calvin Braun

02/28/14
Some time ago, I wrote about John Gellene, the silk-stocking lawyer who went to prison for failure to disclose his connections in a high dollar case.
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Disclosures Matter: The Case of Calvin Braun

02/28/14
Some time ago, I wrote about John Gellene, the silk-stocking lawyer who went to prison for failure to disclose his connections in a high dollar case.
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Debit Cards and Colleges; An Unholy Alliance

07/10/12
Colleges are courting the Devil - the Debit Card Devil.
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Debit Cards and Colleges; An Unholy Alliance

07/10/12
Colleges are courting the Devil - the Debit Card Devil.
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Death Penalty Sanctions Applied in Case of Double-Dealing Attorneys

04/24/12
In a disturbing 52-page opinion, Judge Stacey Jernigan has administered “death penalty” sanctions against The Cadle Company based on double-dealing and non-disclosures by Cadle’s long-time attorneys who also represented the trustee.     The Cadle Company, LLC v. Brunswick Homes, LLC, Adv. No. 06-3417 (Bankr. N.D. Tex.
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Disclosure, disclosure, disclosure

09/19/11

It’s often said that the three most important things about the value of real estate are location, location and location.  One of our local bankruptcy judges has stated (in my opinion correctly) that the three most important words related to a bankruptcy filing are disclosure, disclosure, and disclosure. Why Bother? I recently attended a 2 day [...]

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New Credit Card Protections Trigger Higher Fees by Card Issuers

08/10/10

As you may know, last year Congress passed a law called the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.  This law, nicknamed the CARD Act of 2009, was designed to regulate a variety of unpopular credit card tactics, such as interest rate increases without notice, inactivity fees and unfair interest calculations.

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