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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

Free Member Webinar: Health Insurance: Advice, Access & Advocacy

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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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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/10/14

New Book Explores World of Secondary Debt Buying and Scam Collection Agencies

County Settles Lawsuit Stemming from Jail Policy for Court Debts

Former Bankruptcy Attorney For Giudice Family Defends Teresa’s Claims, Doesn’t Believe She Was ‘Knowledgeable’ About Finances

Great Northern Paper Bankruptcy an Issue in Maine’s Race for Governor

Student Loan Debt: The Only Debt You Can’t Discharge in Bankruptcy

New bankruptcy judge sought to replace retiring Louis Kornreich

Pennsylvania Files $2.1M Lien Against Collection Agency

Wells Fargo Settles Inquiry Into Bias Against Moms

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/9/14

Trustee Fee Cut Where No Meaningful Distribution

American Consumer Medical Debt Crisis Worsening

Borrowing Among Youngest and Oldest Consumers Shifts in Last Decade

New York Attorney General Closes Collection Agency

Bankruptcy Court: Truth Counts

AT&T Enters $45 million TCPA Settlement; External Collection Agencies Also Involved

Will Filing A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Stop A Repossession Or Home Foreclosure

Cooley Law Plans To Shutter Ann Arbor Campus

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/7/14

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U.S. Supreme Court Taking On Fees for Bankruptcy Attorneys

Department of Education Taps 11 Small Business Collectors for Student Loan Contract

Holdout creditor lawyer calls out Brenda Jones

One university’s push to end student loans

Court Refuses to Equitably Subordinate Because Conduct Was Consistent With the Contract

Florida Issues Fingerprint Requirement for Resident and Nonresident Consumer Collection Agencies

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/6/14

This is Elizabeth Warren’s moment

Warning: May Cause Munchies and Preclude Bankruptcy Relief

30% of Online Payday Loan Borrowers Threatened by Lender or Debt Collector

Your student loan is killing the housing market

Best-Selling Erotica Novelist Zane Files for Bankruptcy

Flashpoint: Experts discuss bankruptcy, elections, Dave Brandon

Legal Volleys Continue in CFPB’s Suit Against Collection Law Firm

Bernanke Faces Grilling Over AIG Bailout; Rape Claim Brought Against Defense Lawyer

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/3/14

Supremes To Rule on Bankruptcy Fees for Lawyers

Collection Complaints Fall in August, But More Claim Debt is Not Theirs

Eleventh Circuit Unwinds Order Confirming Bankruptcy Sale

Swaps Said to Be Losing Special U.S. Bankruptcy Status

N.Y. Fed Lawyer Says AIG Got Billions Without Paperwork

Harrisburg Mired in Fiscal Distress as Debt Looms

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Bankruptcy Briefs 10/2/14

Bankruptcy as Social Insurance Program

‘Real Housewives’ star, husband face sentencing for bankruptcy fraud, could be sent to prison

Debt Collector’s Testimony May Be Critical in Murder Trial

Banks Could Be Next Target in Debt Collection Litigation

Elizabeth Warren Is Now a Jeopardy! Category

Senior Prosecutor at Justice Department Plans to Step Down

Federal judge: Jefferson County sewer rate schedule could be scrapped under bankruptcy plan appeal

Judge rules Stockton can sever CalPERS pensions; Wall Street approves

Corporate U.S. Healthiest in Decades Under Obama With Lower Debt

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Bankruptcy News 10/1/14

Better bankruptcy laws could save your life

NCBRC Amicus MASS. DEPT OF REV. V. PERKINS, NO. 14-1350 (1ST CIR.)

Circuit Court Sides with Debt Collector in Reversing Controversial TCPA Ruling

The Reach of the Automatic Stay: One Court Reminds Us that Extending the Automatic Stay to Non-Debtors Is “Extraordinary Relief”

Student Loan Debt Growth Could Ease

Student loans may drag down economy for years

Bankrupt Texas Gun Seller Could Get Reality TV Show

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