Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy discharge and debts incurred by fraud
Debts tinged with dishonesty are part of a small group of claims where the creditor has to take action in the bankruptcy to avoid their discharge. Most debts that are non dischargeable in a bankruptcy case are so just because of the nature of the debt: recent taxes, family support, drunk driving judgments...

Serial Filings by Debtor Without Lawyer End in No Discharge of Two Debts
A Kansas debtor can NEVER discharge debts to two objecting creditors, according to a recent decision by Judge Dale L. Somers in In Re Lina Buchanan Guebert, Case No. 07-41165, D.Kan...

A Debtor Must List All Debts in Bankruptcy
Sometimes people contemplating bankruptcy do not want to list all of their debts. This can be the case for a variety of reasons. Often it is because a person owes money to a family member or friend...

Credit Reports after Discharge: What Should be Reported
Generally speaking, upon Bankruptcy Discharge, credit reports should report a $0.00 balance on all debts that were discharged.  They should also state “Discharged in Bankruptcy” or other similar language for each account discharged...

Bankruptcy Liability Discharge: In Personam vs. In rem. PART I of II
What the heck does that mean? Sounds like Latin. Well, it is. And it is the this very threshold foundation of Bankruptcy that sometimes confuses people the most. When one gets a discharge, what exactly does that mean? In its most basic sense, a Bankruptcy Discharge removes the personal liability of the underlying legal obligation...

Bankruptcy Discharge of Credit Card Debt Used to Pay Taxes
A caller asked me if he could discharge in bankruptcy a credit card charge of $10,000 used to pay property taxes on commercial real estate. The general rule is that all credit card debt and other unsecured debts are dischargeable...

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

Constructive Discharge
How intolerable conditions can yield claims for constructive discharge

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

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

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.

Personal Business
Jundts to pay $1.8 million settlement in debts lawsuit.

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

Bankruptcy
helping to get you out of debt.

Washington Mutual Bank Collapse
May File for Bankruptcy