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6th Circuit BAP Takes Unusual Legal Step and Rules in Important Mortgage Avoidance Case Brought by Trustee
Quotes from the 6th Circuit BAP Opinion: "Ordinarily, an argument which could have been raised below, but was not, will not be considered on appeal. Poss v. Morris (In re Morris), 260 F.3d 654, 663 (6th Cir. 2001). However, an appellate court may deviate from this...
Your credit card company is watching you (for now)
CNN Money reporter Donna Rosato has an excellent article about the practice of credit card companies to track your spending behavior and adjust your credit worthiness accordingly. Donna reports that the results of a study on this creepy practice will be revealed in a...
$75 billion mortgage bailout no help to many homeowners
"What if you knew that in return for $75 billion in HAMP funding, as of September 1, 2009, only 1,711 homeowners had received a permanent loan modification? That is what a Congressional Oversight Panel reported last week, according to Ruth Simon of the Wall Street...
Things That Debt Collectors May Not Do
A great blog post by Oklahoma Bankruptcy Attorney Dan Nunley that provides a checklist of things that a debt collector can and can't do ! You may have options of pursing legal action against creditors if they violate the provisions of the federal Fair Debt Collection...
Timeshares: A Liftetime Of Debt – Not An Investment
Click here to read North Carolina Bankruptcy Attorney Susanne Robicsek's blog post on why time shares are not a good investment. Here advice makes sense. Most folks that we represent in bankruptcy surrender their time shares. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, it is not...
Discharge or Dismissal Whats the Difference
Ohio Bankruptcy Lawyer Wayne Novick has a good blog post about what discharge and dismissal mean in bankruptcy. This is excellent information because I have found that clients always confuse these two terms. If you think bankruptcy is an option you should consider,...