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Insolvency Service “reframes” view of creditor – IPs can apply their discretion (UK)

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Putting A Stop To The Rise In Student Loan Default Rates

Everyone knows that a college education is expensive, but isn’t it also supposed to be priceless? Unfortunately, what was once a brief action in a lifetime to provide for a better future, has turned into a future filled with overwhelming debt. Ten

Obama Seeks To Help Homeowners Win Refinancing Options

President Obama has been scrambling to pass a jobs bill that will, hopefully, tackle the unemployment problem and spur the American economy. But unemployment isn’t the only area of economic growth he is targeting. As part of his jobs speech, the

What To Expect During A Bankruptcy Consultation

If you have considered filing for bankruptcy, you may be wondering about what to expect during the process. The nature of filing for bankruptcy can be tedious and, most likely, you are already under enough stress worrying about your debts. Before you

Solutions to Regulatory Overlap

Why do we need three or more examinations of a bank by multiple agencies, focusing on many of the same issues?

Time to 'Twist'? Fed meets this week

It looks like the economy is slowing. What will the Fed do? We ask experts.

6 ways conventional wisdom wastes money

Some conventional wisdom can leave you poor. These cliches deserve to be debunked.

Student loans becoming scarce

Congress cut student loans as it raised the debt ceiling. Expect less aid in the future.

Don't get stiffed by freeloading kids

Don't let freeloading kids slide on a family loan. Make them pay it off with interest.

Skip bankruptcy with foreclosure?

Nix your mortgage payment and you'll head for foreclosure. Do you need to file bankruptcy, too?

Top 10 states for foreclosure: August 2011

Nevada and California had the highest rates of foreclosure in August. Did your state make the list?

Top 10 states for foreclosure

Nevada had the highest rate of foreclosure in August. See if your state ranked in the top 10.

Stop the CapOne-ING Deal and Update CRA

In 1977, when CRA was passed by Congress, banks conducted business from their branches. The statute needs to change to reflect how business is done in today's banking system

Carol Stream Bankruptcy Lawyer Touts Chapter 13

Link The other chapter of the bankruptcy code is Chapter 13. Chapter 13 is known as debt reorganization. It involves the monthly payment for the next three to five years to a Chapter 13 trustee who just like a dealer in poker will dish out a piece a

Dallas Stars’ Price Tag: $265 Million and Rising?

Associated Press Dallas Stars player Kari Lehtonen falls into the goal. The price tag for the Dallas Stars hockey team, expected to be as much as $265 million even without competing bidders, could be on the rise. Chuck Greenberg, who doggedly pursued

Downers Grove Bankruptcy Attorney On Dischargeability Of Debts

Link After the 341 meeting of creditors there is a waiting period of approximately two months before the case closes. The reason for this two month waiting period is to give creditors an opportunity to object to the discharge by filing an adversarial

Changes on the Way for Credit Scores?

Though the Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) introduced a new credit-scoring model more than three years ago, lending institutions are only now beginning to adopt it. According to a new report on Credit.com, the delay could be bad news for consumers

Boston Bankruptcy Not Just For Poor, Uneducated, Or Those Who Lost Jobs

As a Boston bankruptcy lawyer who writes a bankruptcy blog, http://www.bostonbankruptcylawyerblog.com, to keep our Massachusetts bankruptcy clients appraised of the news and trends in bankruptcy law, we have come upon a fascinating new study we like

Student Loans Push College Graduates Into Bankruptcy

Student loan defaults increased from 7 percent to 8.8 percent in 2010 according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Education. And many of those student loan borrowers who have fallen into default are filing bankruptcy hoping to receive

Ad Hoc Committees Owe Fiduciary Duties? WaMu Threatens To Turn a Molehill Into a Mountain.

Much has already been written about the “insider trading” aspects of Judge Walrath’s September 13 Opinion denying confirmation of WaMu’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization (the Opinion can be found HERE). In a nutshell, Judge Walrath expressed the

Post-Bankruptcy Survival: Finding Financial Strategies That Work

We’ve talked a lot about rebuilding credit after bankruptcy; but building a substantial and adequate nest egg after bankruptcy is just as important. But how can debtors’ exiting bankruptcy find financial strategies which will create stability now and