Topic
Debt
236 published works
Pennsylvania Family Law
Shouldn’t Everyone Have a Debt Allocation Agreement?
We have written a fair amount about prenuptial agreements including a lengthy piece last October concerning difficult issues that young couples can face but rarely ever discuss. Some recent litigation…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Best Debt Management Companies 2018 Reviewed
By Sam Turco
Saundra Latham writes a good review of the best credit counseling agencies of 2018 in The SimpleDollar website. She correctly points out that the best credit counseling firms to handle a…
Family Law Prof Blog
Fixing Money Problems Is Fixing Marriage
By Family Law
From NBC News:More than half of all couples go into their partnerships with debt, and 40 percent say that this financial burden ends up having a negative impact on their…
Credit Chronometer
Student Debt Burden: Whose Problem Is It, Anyway?
It’s back to school time, and there’s so much noise about a student loan crisis that there’s a need to corral all the noisemakers and to gain an understanding of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Colorado Family Struggled With Debt Before Murders
By Family Law
From CNN:Chris and Shanann Watts detailed their life on social media. They shared photos of beach vacations to San Diego and screengrabs of lovey-dovey text messages. They gushed about their…
Credit Chronometer
Student Loans: 60-Second Market Review and Insights
Originations and Issuances, by the Numbers Student loan debt rose to $1.52 trillion in Q1 2018, up from $1.44 trillion a year earlier, and now accounts for 10.7% of the…
Tax Law for the Closely Held Business
Debt . . . Worthless Debt . . . No Debt at All?
By Lou Vlahos
It is said that repetition is the mother of all learning. It is also said that insanity is repeating the same mistake and expecting a different result. It is my…
Tax Law for the Closely Held Business
Is it Debt or Equity? Is it a Dividend or Compensation? It Must be a Closely Held Business
By Lou Vlahos
I had a call a couple of weeks ago from the owner of a business. His brother, who owned half of the business, owed some money to someone in connection…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
OFAC Issues Guidance on Payments under Venezuelan “New Debt”; Likely to Affect Russian Sectoral Sanctions as Well
On February 12, 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued two new Venezuela-related frequently asked questions (FAQs) providing additional guidance on how late payments will be treated for…
The Right Coast
Puerto Rico bonds plunge after Trump pledge to wipe out debt
Puerto Rican bonds took a huge hit on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's comments on the island's massive debt. The island's general obligation bonds, which yield 8 percent, dropped to…