The Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court for Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) has published an opinion that the Supreme Court’s decision in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 541 U.S. 465 (2004) did not change the interest rate Chapter 13 debtors had to pay their secured creditors. Before and after the new […]
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As stated on HuffPo, while banks are scrambling for recover, the Fed is repeatedly cutting interest rates, the pawn shop business is booming. What this likely means for the United States economy is not good. What it means for those trying to avoid bankruptcy is likely worse. After a while people will run out of
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We have all heard about the personal trauma of a person or family needing to file bankruptcy because they cannot pay all of their bills. They need to file in order to prioritize what has to be paid. They need to protection of the bankruptcy court in order for their creditors to understand what needs
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Are you feeling the pressure of a constantly worsening economy? These matters are simply beyond your grasp or control. All you can do is do what you can to ride it out. How bad is the economy? The British paper The Independent has declared the USA is headed for the Great Depression of 2008. The
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