Category: Bankruptcy News
It’s not uncommon for us to have consultations with family members who are concerned about a parent or sibling’s debt […]
The moment a bankruptcy case is filed, an automatic stay is imposed that requires all creditors to stop their collection activities. Since most creditors in
One of the central tenants of bankruptcy law says that if a debtor has disposable money lying around at the end of […]
Tis the season for tax refunds! It goes nearly without saying that a tax refund – whether a debtor in bankruptcy has […]
Bankruptcy filings were down 11% in 2011. Since 2006, the number of bankruptcy cases filed each year has grown. Last year, for the first time
When the curtain was pulled back on the mortgage industry a few years ago, one of the alarming surprises was […]
This month, The New Yorker ran one of those articles that seemed a lot more common a year ago. In it, […]
Today’s Wall Street Journal had a story about Capital One continuing to collect on debt that had been discharged in […]
We take our religious piety pretty seriously around here, so when a client expresses dismay over the ethical dilemmas that […]
Deceptive debt-management companies were in the news again recently. This time in North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly, where correspondent Sabine Vollmer […]