Mortgage Liens in Chapter 13 After Chapter 7 Discharge
Johnson v. Home State Bank, 501 U.S. 78 (1991) Bankruptcy can serve a wide variety of purposes. It can be a way to eliminate unmanageable unsecured debt such as credit… Read more >
Bankruptcy Basics – Chapter 7, Chapter 13
A debtor faced with a foreclosure, lawsuit or wage/asset levy may, despite these troubles, still be apprehensive about filing for bankruptcy. Potential bankruptcy filers may be advised to file a… Read more >
Student Loan Debt and Bankruptcy
In an opinion by the Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Carla E. Craig, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that a loan taken… Read more >
FDCPA actions after bankruptcy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the Circuit in which New York resides) ruled recently that a claim for wrongful debt collection practices may be maintained in… Read more >
Why (not to) fear bankruptcy?
Lawyers are trained to argue two sides of any position. So an argument can be made that bankruptcy is both to be feared and not to be. Potential clients visit… Read more >
Important Bankruptcy Cases
Discharge Exception, Fraud Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, Slip Op. 2022 October Term Docket 21-908 The United States Supreme Court issued an important ruling pertaining to the fraud exception to a debtor’s… Read more >
Bankruptcy Primer
Bankruptcy has a long and history in the United States. The evolved bankruptcy system begins with a set of mostly federal statutes (laws passed by Congress); rules of bankruptcy procedure;… Read more >