The amount that you pay back in a chapter 13 per month is dictated by your income and your expenses. The trustee is going to scrutinize your budget to make sure that you are putting all of your disposable income towards the repayment of creditors in your chapter 13 case. This means that you are+ Read More

In today's Wall Street Journal, Jacob Gershman (lead writer of its Law Blog) wrote an article on about the various views, including by Supreme Court and Appellate Court Judges' on the use of adverbs in the law.

In today's Wall Street Journal, Jacob Gershman (lead writer of its Law Blog) wrote an article about various views, including those held by Supreme Court and Appellate Court Judges, as to the use of adverbs in the law.  He noted that their use suffers much "adversity."

Believe it or not, there are certain circumstances where you are too broke to file. You simply don’t have the means to even come up with the filing fee which is $335. Just yesterday, a potential client walked 45 minutes to see me in my office. Not only was he unemployed, but he had his+ Read More

Cannot Overrule Prior Panel In McNeal, the 11th Court of Appeals was presented with the issues whether it could its mind, that is whether it was bound by the Court's "prior panel precedent" rule to Folendore and allow the strip down of wholly underwater liens in a chapter 7 case despite the Supreme Court's decision in Dewsnup. Timm, 502 U.S. 410 (1992).

ControversyThe topic of "not for publication" has raised  controvery over the years, the main issues precedential value and the ability to cite as precedent.

ControversyThe topic of "not for publication" has raised  controvery over the years, the main issues precedential value and the ability to cite as precedent.

Economists with the National Bureau of Economic Research recently examined a half million bankruptcy filings in the United States in order to evaluate the effect of bankruptcy laws on consumers.

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