In a recent decision in In re Taing, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts held that a mortgagee holds a claim that could be modified by a Chapter 11 plan even if the debtor was ...

There are two questions that estate planners commonly ask when they have a client in financial distress: (1) If the Debtor has a history of tithing or making other charitable contributions, can the ...

A debtor or borrower is a person or organization that borrows money from a financial institution, usually tied to a loan or credit card. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects debtors from ...

In this modern world that we live in, consumers are protected and have certain rights when it comes to debt collection. The practices of debt collection agencies have to abide by rules through the ...

A beer wholesaler in Washington state, Crown LLC was owned 51% by a company called Crown Distributing Company of Everett, Inc. ("Crown of Everett") that itself was owned by Debtor. The other 49% was ...

Andrew Lewis pays $320 a month on his student loans. Daniel Chung doesn’t know how much debt he’ll end up with on top of the $7,500 he already has. The rising college senior plans to go to law school, ...

Bankruptcy Code Section 329(a) mandates the disclosure of an attorney’s transactions with a debtor. Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2016(b) implements the attorney disclosure requirements ...

leverage that springs from an organized association of debtors, often in debt to shared creditors, to negotiate the terms and conditions of debt contracts, including the abolition of unjust debts the ...