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Tips for Consumers in Surprise, Arizona doddsbankruptcylaw.com
We all know that dealing with debt collectors is a hassle. Below are...
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Effective Short Sale Tips jdsupra.com
Short sales are becoming more popular across the country. If you are...
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Supreme Court Resolves Conflict in Circuit Courts Regarding Credit... jdsupra.com
On May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court resolved a split...
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Supreme Court Confirms that Credit Bidding is Alive and Well jdsupra.com
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its much awaited...
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Bankruptcy - The Deal of a Lifetime jdsupra.com
Bankruptcy. The word itself has a negative vibe. And with good...
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District Court for the Southern District of New York Reaffirms... jdsupra.com
On May 4, 2012, Judge J. Paul Oetken of the United States District...
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Top 5 Causes of Bankruptcy jdsupra.com
On average, 5,102 Americans filed for bankruptcy each day that court...
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Deciding to represent yourself (pro se) in litigation or bankruptcy... jdsupra.com
If you plan to represent yourself (pro se) in a legal proceeding or...
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How To Avoid Being Thrown Under The Bankruptcy Bus bankruptcymastery.com
Bankruptcy lawyers find themselves thrown under the proverbial bus...
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Farm Linked to Listeria Outbreak Files for Bankruptcy blogs.wsj.com
A cantaloupe farm linked to a listeria outbreak that caused 30 deaths...
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Like Spring, Bankruptcy can rekindle hope to debt ridden families bankruptcylawnetwork.com
Filing bankruptcy is like pulling weeds from the garden - it gives...
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Senior Citizens of Fresno, CA....Is Bankruptcy for You? thefresnobankruptcyattorney.com
Many senior citizens believe that their age provides them with...
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Reputational Sanctions in an Age of Internet Manipulation? creditslips.org
A major argument against substantive regulation of industries...
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The Bully Model of Consumer Finance and Litigation creditslips.org
There's a fearful symmetry in the consumer finance world. It's a...
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Bankruptcy in Surprise, AZ: What you need to know about adversary... doddsbankruptcylaw.com
The majority of bankruptcy cases filed by consumers are...
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What To Do If Your Landlord Files Bankruptcy jdsupra.com
In today's tough economic climate, it is not uncommon for people to...
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The Daily Docket: Court Affirms Credit Bidding blogs.wsj.com
The Supreme Court affirmed the right of lenders to use their debt as...
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Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy will be different, firm’s lead counsel... leveragedloan.com
Dewey & LeBoeuf is “without question the largest U.S. law firm ever...
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Looking to form a small "brain trust" (5 or 6 members) of established bankruptcy solos who will share (offline) their marketing ideas and...
Ideally we shouldn't be competing in the same markets (I'm in the SF Bay Area-Northern California). Participants should have been ...


How many of you have worked on mortgage modifications directly with the mortgage company and been successful?
I have spent the last 10 months on a modification for a client... twice in person at the bank, and about 10 other times faxing and ...

Preference Lawsuits
In creating a statute to promote fairness, Congress has made the preference laws, which some may feel is the most unfair law of all.
Thoughts from a Maryland Bankruptcy Lawyer http://www.drescherlaw.com Part 2 of the Introduction to Bankruptcy Preferences. Bankruptcy preferences are best described as ironic: in creating a law supposedly based on fairness, Congress has created a law that unfairly punishes a defendant who has done nothing wrong. It is an awesome and an awful ...

NEW ORLEANS - A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 24 affirmed a bankruptcy court's ruling that a debtor's attorney was not permitted to recover approved legal fees because an underlying order authorized...

Court Rules Lenders On the Hook for Fraudulent Loans to TOUSA corporatelaw.jdsupra.com
Earlier this month, the Eleventh Circuit upheld a widely criticized Bankruptcy Court ruling that will require lenders to return more than $400 million in payments made on fraudulent loans to TOUSA. TOUSA was once one of the...

What Is Private Equity? creditslips.org
The Presidential campaign's focus on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital suffers from a confusion about what private equity is. Steven Rattner starts to lay this out in a NYT column, but I think the issue could still benefit...

The Phillips Law Offices phillipslaweast.com
Mortgage lenders have entered into a settlement offer is about reducing the principal amount owed by reducing the amount of monthly...

If a debtor surrenders investment real estate in bankruptcy, in addition to the risk of forgiven debt income tax, the debtor must be cognizant of...

We've got a great blog today: Social Media Marketing for Attorneys: 8 Steps to Get You Connected on LinkedIn
Linkedin is the most widely used business networking site in the world with
161 million active users --- 98 million in U.S. -- as of ...
The Rainmaker Blog : Law Firm Marketing and Business Development :... therainmakerblog.com
LinkedIn is a fantastic way to connect with referral sources as well as potential clients and build your platform as an expert and leader in your field of practice. LinkedIn is also a very credible source in the eyes of Google.

Brownbag Lunch: Using Smartphones, Tablets and the Cloud in Your Bankruptcy Practice
One day after sending out invites 1/3 of the spots are gone in the Brownbag Lunch: Using Smartphones, Tablets and the Cloud in Your ...
Almost everyone has a smartphone these days, and we're all beginning to believe that using tablets will someday take the place of bulky paper files. But how do you use them for more than texts, emails myemail.constantcontact.com
Greetings! Almost everyone has a smartphone these days, and we're all beginning to believe that using tablets will someday take the place of bulky paper files. But how do you use them for more than texts, emails and phone calls?

Chapter 13 following a Chapter 7 discharge
Client's chapter 7 was discharged in July 2005 and he now has accumulated an $86K unsecured loan and is being sued. Any way to avoid the ...

Student loan debt is one of two unforgivable debts (the other being back child support). Once you take on a student loan, whether you are a borrower or cosigner, you are basically stuck with debt…almost! You may be aware that it is at least poss
