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Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Business Owners: When Can You Decline Employment To Applicant With Previous Bankruptcy Filing
By Sunghee Sohn
With the economy and unemployment figures as they are today, many businesses find they have many more applicants for a job opening. This means employers may look for more ways…
New Jersey Law Blog
Bankruptcy Court Rules that “Absent” Owner in Chapter 7 Must Pay, So Long as They Remain Owner
In a recent decision, our firm successfully defended an Association's ability to collect post-petition assessments in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. The decision reaffirmed the 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Bankruptcy Fees
By Bryan Fears
In every consumer bankruptcy case there are three categories of fees: (1) attorney fees; (2) bankruptcy filing fees; and (3) credit counseling fees. The attorney fees are negotiated between yourself…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Your Chapter 13 Repayment Plan
By Bryan Fears
The central feature of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy is the repayment plan. The Chapter 13 plan is a proposal by the debtor to repay certain debts in installments over three…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
Bankruptcy Tweets for April 2011 – Part I
I attached this New Yorker cartoon to my first blog post in October 2005. Blogging, however, really doesn't lend itself to incessant barking. Tweeting does. Back then, I wrote: So…
Finance & Bankruptcy Law Blog
In Re TOUSA: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court’s Order Requiring Lenders To Disgorge $480 Million As Fraudulent Transfer
On February 11, 2011, the Hon. Alan Gold of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a 113 page opinion and order quashing the bankruptcy court's…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Can an Employer Reject a Job Applicant Based on a Previous Bankruptcy?
By Jason Shinn
Employers commonly ask if it is legally permissible to use a job applicant's prior bankruptcy filing in making hiring decisions. A recent court opinion out of the Third Circuit (the…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Student Loan Discharged as Undue Hardship
By Sam Turco
I think most bankruptcy attorneys would agree that Student Loans are the single most difficult debt to discharge in bankruptcy. This is because Section 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Chapter 13 Vehicle Cram Down
By Bryan Fears
Many debtors with serious financial problems also own vehicles that are underwater. Fortunately, the federal Bankruptcy Code offers several options for the debtor to consider. One of the most sensible…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Qimonda Richmond and Qimonda North American Filed Preference Actions Against Creditors
Introduction Earlier this month, Qimonda Richmond, LLC and Qimonda North America Corp (collectively, the "Debtors"), filed adversary actions against various defendants in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District…