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‘It feels like I’m drowning’: I’m crippled by credit-card debt. Should I file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy?
I’ve been working now for about five years, but it seems like I just can’t get ahead of the credit-card debt, and it feels ...
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Equity Won’t Save You: Bankruptcy Court Rules that Principles of Equity Cannot be Used to Extend the Deadline to File a Dischargeability Complaint
In a recent decision that highlights a key circuit split, Bankruptcy Judge Patricia M. Mayer of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled ...
Third Circuit Affirms Bulk of Boy Scout Bankruptcy Plan, But Sides With Insurers on Partial Remand
The opinion, written by Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, resolves an appeal a three-judge panel heard argument on in November and ...
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How to Declare Bankruptcy | Definition, Step by Step Process
Understand the bankruptcy process, from different types of bankruptcy, steps in filing for bankruptcy, credit counseling and ...
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Abuse survivors ask judge to dismiss New Orleans church bankruptcy case ahead of 5th anniversary
Survivors of clergy sex abuse asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Grabill to dismiss the long-running Archdiocese of New ...
New Orleans Archdiocese bankruptcy case: Survivors push for dismissal, makes explosive allegations
The attorneys want their cases taken in front of a jury. The diocese has previously said it wants to reach a fair settlement.
Recycling Plant Fights Bond Trustee’s Bankruptcy Dismissal Bid
Brightmark Plastics Renewal LLC defended its Chapter 11 case against a call for dismissal from municipal bond trustee UMB Bank, arguing that the company’s survival was at stake when it filed for ...
4th Circuit Hears Asbestos Claimants' Constitutional Challenge to Company's Bankruptcy
Georgia-Pacific's subsidiary was created through the so-called “Texas two-step,” a controversial legal maneuver corporate ...