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
The most famous name in the getting out of debt industry is Dave Ramsey. As a young man Dave himself was in a pile of debt and wound up filing bankruptcy. The pain of that experience lead him on a quest to learn about personal finance and he began a career in advising others how
A bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of California sanctioned attorney Pauldeep Bains for filing a bankruptcy petition signed with digital signatures. (See In re Mayfield, Case #16-22134).
The attorney sent completed bankruptcy documents to the debtor to sign via a digital signature service called DocuSign. Bankruptcy judge Robert Bardwil imposed sanctions for