One of these days I’m going to write a post on how shitty we treat married couples in this county. From a financial perspective, is it better to be married or to shack up? I’m going to write a list. There are some legal benefits to being married, but from what I see its more
We view negatively a person who files bankruptcy after running up credit cards debts to fund an extravagant lifestyle, but we are less judgmental about the unlucky person who incurs medical debt. Apparently the three major credit reporting bureaus agree and have decided to remove these debts from their credit reporting.
Forbes Magazine has a
Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a law to radically change the consumer bankruptcy practice entitled the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020.
This revolutionary document would make dramatic changes to bankruptcy practice.
If you are not reading Nebraska attorney Donald Swanson‘s blog, Mediatbankry you are missing a gem.
Don’s blog is packed with great information and an amazing historical background on the issues we face in bankruptcy courts today.
UNLV law professor Nancy Rapoport asks a series of questions in her latest article published in www.ConsiderChapter 13.org.
To what extent must a debtor’s attorney personally meet with the client prior to filing the petition on behalf of the client, and how meaningful should the meeting be?
More specifically, how much can the
Bankruptcy Code Section 523(a)(6): A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt . . . for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity.
A federal jury has awarded $28.1 million