Fifth Circuit Punts On First Down In Canada Charging Order Case

The 5th Circuit punts on whether Texas LLC interests are exempt in bankruptcy. Analysis of Matter of Canada and why charging ...
Forbes

The Insolvent Debtor - Are Charity And Family Gifts Still Possible?

There are two questions that estate planners commonly ask when they have a client in financial distress: (1) If the Debtor has a history of tithing or making other charitable contributions, can the ...
Law

Debtor-Owner Allowed to Modify Mortgage in Bankruptcy Even if Debtor Is Not Obligor Under the Mortgage Loan

In a recent decision in In re Taing, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts held that a mortgagee holds a claim that could be modified by a Chapter 11 plan even if the debtor was ...
USA Today

Personal finance: Is there such a thing as a debtor’s prison?

In this modern world that we live in, consumers are protected and have certain rights when it comes to debt collection. The practices of debt collection agencies have to abide by rules through the ...
In These Times

Debtor Organizing Can Transform Our Individual Financial Struggles Into a Source of Collective Strength

leverage that springs from an organized association of debtors, often in debt to shared creditors, to negotiate the terms and conditions of debt contracts, including the abolition of unjust debts the ...
Yahoo Finance

Rule 2016(b) and Disclosure of Payment of a Debtor's Legal Fees

Bankruptcy Code Section 329(a) mandates the disclosure of an attorney’s transactions with a debtor. Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2016(b) implements the attorney disclosure requirements ...
Investopedia

Automatic Stay: What It Is, How It Works, Example

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and ...