Bankruptcy

Debt Collector's Unlawful Message on Answering Machine May Give Rise to Stay or Discharge Violation Action
Over the past few months, I have received a number of calls from former clients regarding possible discharge stay violation actions...

US Patent 7309404 - Arc discharge CNT manufacture using charcoal electrodes
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7309404.htmlThe three main methods of carbon nanotube manufacture are laser ablation, CVD, and arc discharge...

Debtor's Discharge of Attorneys Fees Payable As Part of Divorce Judgment
A Chapter 7 debtor cannot discharge alimony or child support obligations. A bankruptcy client asked me whether he could discharge that part of a divorce judgment related to his spouse?s attorneys fees...

DISCHARGE PETITION ON SHULER BILL FILED
Republicans and conservative Democrats have submitted a discharge petition to bypass the committee process and consider the SAVE Act at the House floor level.

Marshall v. Com, Ky COA, Flagrant Non-Support, Due Process
MARSHALL V. COM. 2007-CA-001320 PUBLISHED: VACATING AND REMANDING PANEL: TAYLOR PRESIDING; CLAYTON, MOORE CONCUR COUNTY: GRAVES DATE RENDERED: 8/28/2008 Father appealed TC?s order revoking his conditional discharge upon offense of flagrant nonsupport...

NLRB Decision Finding Discharge of Supervisor For Supporting Union Is Unlawful
The Inn at Fox Hollow, 352 NLRB No. 127 (Aug. 22, 2008) is an interesting case. While this decision does not break any new legal ground, it does a nice job in summarizing applicable law concerning the discharge of a...

Constructive Discharge
How intolerable conditions can yield claims for constructive discharge

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

Can failure of an employer to provide healthy working conditions lead to wrongful discharge?
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) protects workers from...

I had an account with GEMB/Select Comfort to buy a new bed back in 2005. After paying it off (in 2006), I requested they close the account. In January of 2008, I declared bankruptcy (chapter 7). The creditor was NOT list
if you did pay it off before the bankruptcy and it wasn't listed as a accou...

Does a Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge a secured mortgage loan?
Yes if you file they cannot sue you to the knowledge I know. My brother is in re...

Does New York have a constructive discharge law?
Constructive discharge is not so much a "law" as a "test" that is applied to cer...

What is constructive discharge?
Constructive discharge occurs when an employer makes working conditions so intol...

Chocolate Discharge
G.K.I. Foods agrees to $43,000 settlement after disposing production waste water into a sanitary waste water system.