Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005. Many new requirements and restrictions were imposed with the goal of creating uniformity in the evaluation of bankruptcy cases. While there many requirements...
Read moreCONSUMER BANKRUPTCY REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE ELIMINATED
Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005. Many new requirements and restrictions were imposed with the goal of creating uniformity in the evaluation of bankruptcy cases. It also added many...
Read moreThe New Bankruptcy Forms: Are They More Helpful for Pro Se filers?
Effective December 1, 2015, the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States required the use of recently revised petition and schedule forms. The petition and accompanying schedules have been lengthened considerably. The additional length is a product...
Read moreWhite House Urges Congress to Address Treatment of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy
Acknowledging concerns by the public about the growing amount of student loan debt, the White House is urging Congress to reconsider the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy cases. To understand the importance of this...
Read moreCONSUMER RIGHTS UNDER THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
It is obvious that Bankruptcy and debt collection should go hand-in-hand, as ultimately it will be the attempts at collection upon one or more debts that will inevitably trigger a bankruptcy filing. One of the frequent questions that we hear...
Read moreBankruptcy Reform, Five Years Later
Unfortunately, little has changed for the better for consumer debtors since the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) was implemented five years ago; consumer bankruptcy attorney Zane Leiden examines Bankruptcy Reform’s...
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