Posts In 2006

Part of New Bankruptcy Law Ruled Unconstitutional Nov 11

One of the provisions of the new bankruptcy law (the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”)) ...

Sue up or Shut up! Nov 01

Have you ever received a letter threatening to sue to collect $388? Those fortunate souls who are unfamiliar with the court system ...

Wall Street Journal on New Bankruptcy Law Oct 27

The Wall Street Journal posted an article claiming (or at least inferring) the new bankruptcy law is a success and denigrating ...

Foreclosure Consultants Are Bad News Oct 20

I have people come in my office frequently who have had this happen. They defaulted on their home loan and the house is going into ...

QWR’s and RESPA Oct 13

One thing I have been seeing a lot of recently is mortgage companies hiding the ball on consumer loans in bankruptcy. For example, ...

Fool me once, fool me twice. . . but not three times Sep 16

Bankruptcy Judge Whitney Rimel (of Fresno) issue an interesting opinion (In re Gay, No. 06-10472) recently on the issue of the ...