Consumer Law Updates
"All the things no one has asked me about—yet." Features news, commentary, practice musings and developments in consumer and bankruptcy law primarily for a legal audience.
Author: Elaine M. Dowling is a bankruptcy and consumer law attorney in Oklahoma City.
Blawg Related Categories: Bankruptcy Law • Consumer Law • Law Firms • Solos/Small Firms • States • Oklahoma • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Consumer Law Updates
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The Automatic Stay Protects WHAT????
You don’t have to hang around the Bankruptcy Court long to figure out a few things about the automatic stay. After all, it is a pretty simple concept. The Automatic stay goes into effect automatically…
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Creditors Have to Play by SOME Rules
The Tenth Circuit handed down a decision two days ago reversing its Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and basically finding that at least some rules really do apply to creditors. Imagine that. The facts have become routine…
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Medical Bills and Credit Cards
CNN seems to think that paying medical expenses with credit cards is a new thing. (Can’t Pay Your Doctor? Charge It!) They should have talked to a bankruptcy lawyer. Anybody who thinks the credit card…
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Consumer Debt Levels
USA Today has an article on consumer debt levels. Basically, consumer debt isn’t going anywhere fast. In 2008 household debt totaled $13.9 trillion. That was almost double the 2000 levels. In 2009 – after the…
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Small Business Bankruptcies
USAToday just ran an interesting article on small business bankruptcies. This article makes several interesting points about the rising numbers of small business failures and the impact that will have on the economy. What I…
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Court Slaps Legal Assistant Directly
The Bankruptcy Court for the E.D. of New York handed down a very unusual opinion early this month. If you are interested the case is Adams v. Giordano, et al. (In re: Clarke, et al),…
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Today I Have Hope for Real Bankruptcy Reform
Today, I have hope. On January 6, 2009 Sen. Dick Durbin intruduced Senate bill 61, known as the Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act. Identical legislation has been introduced in the House by…
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Getting Paid by the U.S. Trustee
I love reading opinions where the winning attorney had way more in the guts category than I do. Dennis Feld, a fellow NACBA member from New Mexico, has just gotten a written opinion out of…
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Discharge Violations
Countrywide has just been spanked to the tune of $55,000 for a discharge violation involving a mortgage. Debtor’s counsel is providing the details here. The basic facts are that Debtor filed a Chapter 7, did…
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Honesty Really is the Best Policy
Federal prosecutors have arrested four people in West Virginia for attempted bankruptcy fraud. (According to story reported by WSAZ.com.) Pretty straight forward stuff really. They were all caught attempting to hide assets. The examples listed…