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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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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 10/8/14

7 Reasons Why Your Law Firm Needs A Facebook Page

Burdened with Record Amount of Debt, Graduates Delay Marriage

Consumer Borrowing Slows, Grows in August

Bankruptcy Court Deemed Too Risky for Prisoner Testimony

The possible benefits of bankruptcy for Mid-Continent University

Abuse suits will push diocese into bankruptcy

Bankruptcy lawyer gives up law license to avoid federal fraud charges

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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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