Bankruptcy Filings Continue Downward Trend
As the nation enters a year into the pandemic, it’s been a slow and steady economic recovery. Here’s what a new report finds about bankruptcy…
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10 Cities with the Most Financial Distress from COVID-19
As businesses across the country are reopening and unemployment rates begin to creep back up, there is no doubt that there are still plenty of…
Bouncing Back from Bankruptcy
For many borrowers, bankruptcy is not the end of the road. Here’s how quickly someone who files from bankruptcy might be able to obtain a…
Court: ‘Single-Satisfaction Rule’ After Mortgage Lien Avoidance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that a chapter 7 trustee’s avoidance of an unauthorized postpetition mortgage…
Supreme Court Offers Ruling on Bankruptcy Appeals Case
The decision was handed down by the Sixth Circuit in the case of Ritzen Group., Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC regarding the “finality” from relief…
The Applicability of Contempt Sanctions in Bankruptcy
Here’s how the Supreme Court’s In re Taggart decision created a standard based on “objective reasonableness” in cases of bankruptcy. The post The Applicability of…