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

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Bankruptcy Mortgage Project Website

Subject: [Bankr-L] new Bankruptcy Mortgage Project website Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:55:01 -0400 From: John Rao Reply-To: The National Consumer Law Center has set up a website that collects and makes available for download a variety of documents...

Loan Modifications – We Are Working With Our Clients On Them

If You Have A Bad Mortgage Loan, Loan Modification May Be The Answer Many clients come into my bankruptcy law office here in Houston complaining about their mortgage company, and how it seems like they want to foreclose on them. They have applied for

Hoffman Estates Bankruptcy Attorney Discusses Homes And Filing Bankruptcy

Link I am often asked whether or not filing for bankruptcy can reduce the amount of a mortgage payment. The general answer is no. If you have a mortgage on a property and it is your principle residence, the mortgage company does not have to reduce

Governor Brown Signs Bill Protecting California Homeowners from Claims by Junior Mortgage Holders Following Consent to and Completion of a Short Sale

July 22, 2011 Dear Insolvency Law Committee Constituency List members: The following is an EBulletin prepared by Insolvency Law Committee member Robert G. Harris: Governor Brown signs bill protecting California homeowners from claims by junior

Tips and tricks for great auto loan rates

Finding auto loan rates is easy. But knowing if your rate is truly the best means research.

Judge Forces Dodgers to Negotiate with MLB for Financing

Judge Gross rejected the Dodgers' request to get its financing from Highbridge Corp, saying that “a comparison of the Highbridge loan and the proposed MLB loan clearly shows the substantial economic superiority of the MLB loan.” The order requires

Rolling Meadows Bankruptcy Lawyer Explains Whether To File On Your Own

Link Should you file bankruptcy with an attorney or should you attempt to file on your own? If you asked me that question 10 years ago, I might have suggested that it was possible to file bankruptcy on your own with forms purchased at the local

Jacksonville Bankruptcy Court To Trustee: "Hands Off The Debtor's Homestead"

I wrote a blog post a couple weeks ago about Chapter 7 trustees who try to force debtors to pay money or give up title to their upside-down homestead properties which the debtors do not claim as exempt. The debtors...

Your Bankruptcy Lawyer–Experience Matters

Experience Matters How do you go about choosing your bankruptcy lawyer? Most people never expect to be faced with bankruptcy. Then there’s the embarrassment factor. Facing bankruptcy is not something that most people are anxious to share with friends

Rothstein Trustee Sues Jeweler to Recoup $2.4 Million

Associated Press Scott Rothstein Scott Rothstein’s “obsession” with luxury watches, including one that cost the disbarred attorney more than $228,000, has landed a South Florida jeweler in the middle of a legal battle. Independent jeweler J.R. Dunn