Blog Posts in 2011

In court today, the Honorable Whitney Rimel issued a decision from the bench in the Rossner case, No. 11-16432-A-13 (E.D. Cal.) finding that a discharge is not required for lienstripping purposes. The ...

I will be speaking at a bankruptcy marketing session for the California Bankruptcy Forum’s Consumer Program in May 2012. As part of that, I have been thinking extensively about consumer bankruptcy ...

This is a really interesting article speculating that credit unions are poaching clients from big banks. Interestingly, it notes that the big banks may not be all that disappointed to be losing some ...

Of the many exceptions to discharge found in 11 U.S.C. Sec. 523, subsection (a)(16) is perhaps the oddest. That section limits the dischargeability of property or home owners association (“HOA”) ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that consumer bankruptcy filings were down 5% in July from a month earlier. The commentary suggests that consumers are starting to get a handle on their household ...

Interestingly, even with the economy in such poor shape, it looks like local bankruptcy filings are staying flat or somewhat down from last year . This is only for the first quarter of the year so it ...