Consumer Debt

Consumer Workshop III: Nothing in This Life Is Certain Except Death, Taxes and Student Loan Debt

Consumer Workshop I: Chapter 13 Hot Topics

New York’s ‘Loss Mitigation’ Program Survives One Lender Attack

SDNY’s ‘loss mitigation’ program for mortgage modification may face another attack.

11th Circuit Upholds $30,000 in Punitive Damages for Stay Violation

Employing nonattorneys is a false economy for debt collectors.

Another Lower Court Nixes an FDCPA Claim Based on a Time-Barred Debt

Chicago bankruptcy judge opines on how the circuit should rule on the FDCPA.

Second Circuit Charts a New Course Favoring Debtors on the FDCPA

Circuit split grows on the conflict between the Bankruptcy Code and the FDCPA.

Discrimination in Favor of Student Loans Makes Plan Fatally Defective

Bad policy choice in chapter 13 is an issue for Congress, not the courts, judge says.

Personal Guaranty Unimpaired by Company’s Chapter 11 Plan

Tenth Circuit bars crafty evasion of a personal guaranty.