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The Bankruptcy Soap Box
The Dr. Seuss Secret To Laws That Actually Work
By Cathy Moran
The election is here. If you haven’t already, get out and vote. Put aside your excuses and your cynicism. Forget that democracy, at the detail level, hasn’t worked so well…
Bankruptcy Mastery
Maximizing the Initial Client Interview
The first meeting with a bankruptcy prospect is the best and hardest work I do.It’s probably the most important as well. I use it to figure out what the issues…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Gendered Assumptions of Bankruptcy Law
By Tracy Thomas
Linda Coco (Barry) has posted Visible Women: Locating Women in Financial Failure, Bankruptcy Law, and Bankruptcy Reform. From the abstract:The applications of bankruptcy law and processes appear to be gender neutral.…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
The Business Debt Exception to Chapter 7 Means Testing
By Bryan Fears
One of the most noteworthy changes to the bankruptcy code with the adoption of the 2005 BAPCPA amendments was the requirement that chapter 7 debtors have to under go means…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Chapter 7 and the Means Test
By Bryan Fears
In 2005, when the bankruptcy laws were reformed and “BAPCPA” was enacted, the Means Test was created to determine whether a potential debtor would qualify for a Chapter 7 discharge.…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Who can I Claim as a Member of my Household in a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 for Purposes of the Means Test?
By Bryan Fears
In 2005, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), which completely changed the eligibility for consumers to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. BAPCPA was signed into…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
US Trustee Suspends Random Bankruptcy Audits
By Bryan Fears
Back in 2005, lobbyists for big banks convinced Congress that rampant abuse plagued the federal bankruptcy system. Congress bought into this theory and passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…
The Faculty Lounge
American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Spring Meeting
Two days of the annual spring meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute have come and gone. I've appreciated several fine programs that are valuable not only to the 1000+ lawyers…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Are Your IRA Dollars Protected in Bankruptcy?
By Bryan Fears
Increasingly, older Americans are considering bankruptcy as a way of shielding their assets, shedding their liabilities, and confronting a financial reality that is fraught with rising health care costs and…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
Bankruptcy Tweets of 2011-2012 Cases – A Year in Review – V.9
Here's more in the continuing "Year in Review" series. The inset photo is of the Senator Thad Cochran United States Bankruptcy Court in Aberdeen, Mississippi (pictures and story here), a 47,000 square…