Consumer Bankruptcy

Close C14 Ethical Dilemmas in Consumer Practice and How to Handle Them: Where Do You Draw the Line?

This panel will explore and discuss ethical issues that arise in consumer practice. The panelists will review recent cases and provide hypotheticals to invoke audience participation and discussion regarding topicsrelated to attorney fees, conflicts, and attorney/client privilege and confidentiality.

Student Debt/Student Loans

The steep rise in student loan debt is one of the most pressing issues our country faces as it strives to create a more just and equitable society. Getting a college degree has become steadily more expensive, and graduates are often left with overwhelming debt burdens that sometimes take decades to repay. Coupled with the nondischargeability of student debt under the Bankruptcy Code, the “student debt problem” has become one of the most pressing issues of our time.

Student Loans in 2023: Is Bankruptcy Finally a Viable Option?

Join our panelists as they discuss the DOJ’s new student loan guidelines and provide context on how the guidelines will impact debtor attorneys, trustees and other entities in the bankruptcy process.

A Bankruptcy Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight: The Juxtaposition of Failing Health Care Systems with Consumer Patients Driven into Bankruptcy by Medical Debt

This panel will explore industry trends and commonalities between the parallel issues of failing health care systems and debtors bankrupted by medical debt. The panelists will discuss and debate what could happen when these two debtor groups overwhelm the bankruptcy system, the challenges that health care debtors, consumer debtors and insurance payors face today, and how practitioners across various insolvency disciplines involved in these industries can plan for the future with these trends on the horizon.

Look Ahead To 2023: Consumer Bankruptcy Committee

These overviews from ABI committee experts will arm you with vital information you can use in your practice well into the new year.

Consumer Bankruptcy September 2022

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When Bitcoin Meets Bankruptcy: Issues for Consumers in Cryptocurrency Bankruptcy Cases

One year ago, the value of cryptocurrencies exploded. Some invested their life savings to purchase crypto, [1] and some made lucrative, life-changing returns doing so. [2] By the summer of 2022, though, crypto had crashed. Many consumers had purchased and held their crypto using phone-based apps hosted by popular — and wildly successful — cryptoexchanges.

Consumer Bankruptcy May 2022

In the Interest of Justice: An Equitable Defense Can Defeat a Motion to Dismiss

A chapter 13 bankruptcy allows a defaulted homeowner the unique benefit of saving real property, along with other secured debt. Given the benefits of chapter 13, this particular type of bankruptcy has the ability to help a large mass of people, and as such requires an orderly administration. Chapter 13 Trustees — guided by Code provisions and bankruptcy rules — are the gatekeepers for this administration. While these trustees do a remarkable job in ensuring that debtors, creditors and other entities comply with procedural requirements, occasional oversights are expected.

Consumer Bankruptcy - March 2022