Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy - Proof of Claim Filed By Junk Debt Buyers
While we don't practice bankruptcy law, we do get calls from time to time to help bankruptcy attorneys who are dealing with various types of improper conduct from creditors and particularly from junk debt buyers...

Debt Buyers Continue to Relentlessly--and Illegally--Pursue Consumer Debt Discharged in Bankruptcy
This post linked to BusinessWeek's fine article about consumers who file bankruptcy under Chapter 7 and are supposed to have their debts erased. Many post-bankruptcy consumers were finding that debt collectors were continuing to pursue them for debts already discharged in bankruptcy...

Bankruptcy Debt Help: Interview with Bankruptcy Lawyer
Phoenix, AZ: In the wake of soaring credit card debts and subprime loans, a bankruptcy wave is likely to hit the US anytime soon. Nationwide, attorneys are getting more calls from people who are having financial problems; more calls from small businesses; more calls from individuals who have credit card debt and more calls from home owners.

Student Loans and U.S. Bankruptcy Law: Hard to Understand
Student loan debt in the U.S. is a growing problem, with college students graduating with an average debt load of nearly $20,000 as of 2006. In my last post, I pointed out a recent opinion suggesting a bankruptcy approach that...

Conference on Debt
On May 2-3, 2008, the University of Illinois College of Law, in cooperation with the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), is presenting a two-day conference geared to debt counselors, scholars, bankruptcy judges, attorneys, and financial representatives entitled ?A Debtor World: Interdisciplinary...

Next week: Bankruptcy Week!
Brad Perri, a bankruptcy attorney in Minnesota, will be joining us as a guest editor for the next two weeks Bankruptcy is kind of the granddaddy of all consumer protection laws, but we don’t talk about it enough here, since none of the regular editors are bankruptcy lawyers...

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Bailout Bill HR124

Bankruptcy
helping to get you out of debt.

Creditor Debt
Trophy Resources agrees to $600,000 debt settlement.

Air Line Bankruptcy
BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims.

Bankruptcy Reorganization
Calpine Corp. pays $2.13 million bankruptcy settlement.

Mel Harris and Associates Debt Collection
Face Class Action for Alleged "Sewer Service" Practices

AireSurf Networks Holdings Inc.
$23,147 debt settlement made by issuance of 115,735 common shares.