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May U.S. foreclosures third highest on record
Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:33am EDT By Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. foreclosure activity for May ebbed from April's record, but mortgages still failed at a staggering pace as President Barack Obama's rescue programs had not had time to fully take root, RealtyTrac...
Chapter 13 Case of the Day – From NACTT Academy for Consumer Bankruptcy Education
Wednesday – June 10, 2009 In re Powell, No. 08-82538, 2009 WL 910407, at *4–*5 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. Apr. 1, 2009) (Perkins) Applying In re Smith, 286 F.3d 461 (7th Cir. 2002), that debtor borrowed $1,500 three days before petition and used $500 for bankruptcy attorney...
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Debt Relief Agency Provisions of BAPCPA
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case in which the Eighth Circuit interpreted the term "debt relief agency," for purposes of an amendment to the Bankruptcy Code prohibiting a debt relief agency from advising a client to incur debt in...
More About Our Law Firm, John Rogers, Attorney at Law
The law office of John Rogers is located in Glasgow, Kentucky, and focuses its practice in the areas of bankruptcy. We limit our bankruptcy practice to chapter 7 bankruptcy law, often called straight bankruptcy, and chapter 11 bankruptcy law, a reorganization process...
About Our Office
The law office of John Rogers is located in Glasgow, Kentucky, and focuses its practice in the areas of bankruptcy and personal injury. We limit our bankruptcy practice to chapter 7 bankruptcy law, often called straight bankruptcy, and chapter 13 bankruptcy law, a...
General Motors files for bankruptcy protection
By DAN STRUMPF and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON, AP Auto Writers Dan Strumpf And Kimberly S. Johnson, Ap Auto Writers – Mon Jun 1, 7:11 pm ET NEW YORK – General Motorsfiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the...