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Recent Credit Card Use and Filing for Bankruptcy - What Are Some Guidelines
Most bankruptcy lawyers will tell you that credit card contributes to most consumer bankruptcy case filings.  Often, overwhelming credit card debt is the primary reason for a filing...

$8,000 debt turns credit card couple onto debit
“A study shows more people are doing the same—using cash, not credit. But that kind of fiscal responsibility worries credit card companies.” $8,000 debt turns credit card couple onto debit | CNN

$175,862.27 in Credit Card Debt and a Bleg
When a debtor racks up $175,862.27 in credit card debt, we have to ask what's going on with the lenders who enabled this type of debt.

Credit card payoff through debt management/credit counseling programs: be careful!
Our next-door neighbor in our office building, Tara McCarthy, was quoted in a Star Tribune article about a family who paid off $35,000 in credit card debt over four years and eight months...

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...

University of South Carolina School of Law Sued By The Christian Legal Society
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Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

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

Green Cards
Ways to get a green card

Citibank
Will Repay $14 Million to Credit Card Customers

LOWE's
Faces Class Action for Credit Card Violations

Chase Bank
Faces Class Action over Credit Card Rates

JP Morgan Chase & Co
Faces Lawsuit Over Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rate

American Express
allegedly failed to properly inform customers of Blue Cash credit card offer components.

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft