Author: Dan LaBert

Association Executive @NACBAorg, Fmr. NFL Scout @4for4football, Sports Radio/TV Host, Fantasy Football Guru, Penn State Alum, @BrewersofPA #runDisney

Bankruptcy Briefs 10/24

QRM’s Missed Opportunities for Financial Stability and Servicing Reform

Dentist And Wife Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud

File for Bankruptcy and Get a Better Job, Make More Money and Live Longer

Bankruptcy Courts Fail to Enlighten on Electricity as Goods or Services

Nelson Bunker Hunt, Remembered by His Bankruptcy Lawyer

Is the CFPB committing regulatory overreach?

FTC Requests Court Halt ‘Phantom Debt’ Scam

Subprime Auto Collections – A Growth Market for ARM Companies or a Bubble About to Burst?

Olympian Rulon Gardner auctions personal items to pay off bankruptcy debt

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/23

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Backstreet Boys Settle Bankruptcy Claims

U.S. SEC slams tycoon Wyly’s bankruptcy budget as ‘staggering’

Many Americans in Debt, Bankruptcy Paying for Cancer Care

Is Grandma Struggling With Student Loan Debt?

U.S. Agencies Approve Relaxed Mortgage-Lending Rules

Can Debts be Collected Beyond the Statute of Limitations?

WARN Act Plaintiffs Ask, “Are You My Employer?

National Credit Default Rates Show Slight Increase in September 2014

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/22

Bankruptcy Judge Calls Two People “Apes” in Courtroom

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Boise man admits concealing business asset during bankruptcy

How the Student Loan Debt Trap Could Be Fixed in One Step

CFPB Finalizes New GLBA Notification Rule

Like having a ‘hefty mortgage without an actual house’: Your student debt stories

U.S. regulators adopt new risk rules for securitization

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/21/14

Incoming GOP majority would target Elizabeth Warren’s CFPB

Housing Market Slows Due to Student Loan Debt, Credit Access

Strained Reading of “Derived During” Boots Chapter 7 Case

‘Hottest Girl in America’ Settles With Girls Gone Wild

Another Bankruptcy Proofing Strategy Bites the Dust, or Does It?

Harrisburg City treasurer designee issues ‘no comment’ on personal bankruptcy case

Meet the Newest Pick for the Delaware Bankruptcy Bench

DFS Superintendent Lawsky accuses Ocwen of backdating borrower letters

Samuel Wyly in Bankruptcy Facing $400 Million Forfeiture

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/20

#NACBACHI Convention Speaker Jake Halper’s “Bad Paper” Chicago Tribune Review

Martin Luther King, Jr. Niece: ‘Moral Bankruptcy’ Ruling Washington D.C. Under Obama

The Broke and the Beautiful: Guilty Again Edition

Court Stops Marketers from Illegally Debiting Consumers’ Accounts

Bankruptcy Court opens Public Service Area

Foreclosure king, son arrested on bankruptcy and fraud charges

Complaints on private student loans increase 38 percent

Collection, Credit Lawsuits Rise in September

Michael Hicks’ Bankruptcy, And Why It Matters For A TUSD Board Member

International: Government forms panel to frame bankruptcy code 

One Bank Takes Claims Against David Crews to Federal Bankruptcy Court

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/17/14

CashCall’s Use of Tribal Arbitration under Attack

Lenders Challenge Premise of CFPB’s Student Loan Findings

Nothing Sacred In Bankruptcy

What Bankruptcy? ‘RHONY’ Star Sonja Morgan Spends An Average Of $34,000 Per Month

Contribute Twenty Five Dollars to NCBRC

Bankruptcy trustee wants Corso to return 38 Studios payments

In bankruptcy deal, creditors become partners in redeveloping Detroit

How the Detroit bankruptcy will affect Detroit residents

How Soon Can I Buy a House After Bankruptcy or Foreclosure?

Bankruptcy Bleak House—The Limited Ability of Bankruptcy Courts to Enter Final Judgments

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/16/14

Bankruptcies Top 3,000 After Second-Quarter Dip

Foreclosure Filings Rise for First Time in Three Years

Federal Agency CFPB Offers New Tools to Student Loan Borrowers in Financial Distress

‘Praying for justice’: Detroit residents speak up in historic bankruptcy

What a Struggling Jail Means for Investors, Small Towns

Here Are The Best And Worst States To Live With Student Debt

How to Rebuild Your Credit After Bankruptcy — Fast

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/15/14

What Congress Should Do to Give Student Loan Borrowers Hope For Relief

#NACBACHI Keynote Featured in Boston Globe

Citigroup to exit retail banking in 11 markets

Individual objectors get say in Detroit bankruptcy

Foreclosure Dispute Pits Mortgage Lenders vs. Investors

Wells Fargo Still Wary of Home Loans in 3rd Quarter

High Court Considers Rent-Regulated Leases

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/14/14

NACBA Announces 2015 Annual Convention Keynote Speaker

Post-Petition Equity Goes to Debtor upon Conversion

Short on cash, attorney plans to beat highly paid Jefferson County bankruptcy lawyers at their own game.

Shouldn’t My Bank Have Backed Off During My Bankruptcy?

ARM Firms Should Not Be Deceived by TCPA Victories

Americans face post-foreclosure hell as wages garnished, assets seized

The 10 Biggest Energy Company Bankruptcies In History

Supreme Court Takes Up Fight Over Regulatory Powers

Can I Sell Some Of My Assets Before Filing Bankruptcy?

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/13/14

An illness away from bankruptcy

The bankruptcy trap in student-loan debt

Elizabeth Warren on Barack Obama: “They protected Wall Street.” 

The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorship: Bankruptcy Without Rules

Credit-Card Issuers Are Charging Higher

“Why Everything Elizabeth Warren Told You About Consumer Credit is Wrong”

Judge Rules that One Message Does Not Trigger FDCPA Liability

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy is Misunderstood

Student Loan Debt Higher Among “Wealthy” Families

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