By Will Bredderman
Who speaks for Uber drivers?
As market saturation and driver suicides wrack the taxi and black-car industry, and the city gears up for another street fight with ride-hail apps, three powerhouse unions are in an equally heated drag race to represent car operators working under Uber, Lyft and their competitors. All call themselves the definitive voice of tens of thousands of drivers and claim the others are frauds.

All of my clients want to know how quickly they can recover their credit score and so here is the answer. If you are proactive you can have a six eighty or six 90 credit score. Two years after we file the bankruptcy petition the way that you do that is you obtain a credit card immediately after we file. You start using the card responsibly and you only charge 50 percent of the limit on the card and you pay that off every single month. If you do that for two years you're going to have a 680 credit score in two years.

On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, No. 16-1215, which dealt with the dischargeability of debt in bankruptcy proceedings. The Court held that a statement about a single asset can be a “statement respecting the debtor’s financial condition” under section 523(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Read More ›

By John Aidan Byrne

New York City’s struggling yellow cabbies are facing the auction block.

Call it the Uber effect: A record 139 New York City taxi medallions will be up for sale in bankruptcy auction this month as cab drivers continue to struggle to compete with ridesharing apps.

Arizona Money Judgment Validity and Renewal Deadline Extended from Five Years to Ten
Guest Post: Larry Folks, Folks Hess Kass, PLC

Multiple Bankruptcies Can Result in a Conviction for Bankruptcy Fraud

In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) ruled that penalties assessed by the state of Michigan against two debtors, stemming from fraud associated with the wrongful receipt of Michigan unemployment benefits, are non-dischargeable in Chapter 13 bankruptcy pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 523(a)(2).1 Read More ›