SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Law Blog

Features news and commentary primarily focusing on consumer rights for a general audience.

Author: Sheryl Sisk Schelin is a consumer law attorney in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. She also writes the SC Employment Law Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Bankruptcy Law • Consumer Law • Solos/Small Firms • States • South Carolina • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Law Blog

Barack Obama Talks Bankruptcy Changes
From AP: Obama’s new bankruptcy proposals supplement his broader — and previously announced — bankruptcy reform agenda that includes changes intended to help people in financial distress because of medical bills and allow homeowners going…
Did A Serial Killer “Conceal an Asset” By Not Listing Rights to His “Story” On His Chapter 7 Schedules?
The Louisiana (Baton Rouge) Chapter 7 Trustee apparently thinks so. Here’s the backstory on Derrick Todd Lee, aka “The Baton Rouge Serial Killer” (I guess the acronymic and descriptive monikers well was running dry?). On…
Now, South Carolina Residents Can Protect More Property
Sheryl told you about Governor Mark Sanford’s veto of a new exemption bill, which determines how much property can be protected from creditors. The South Carolina statutory amounts hadn’t been changed since 1979. The good…
Real Estate/Mortgage Industry Players Indicted in Fraud Investigation
More than 400 real estate managers and workers have been indicted in a broad-spectrum federal investigation of mortgage fraud. The FBI reported that the losses to homeowners resulting from the criminal conduct is over $1…
Seniors, Hit Hard By Economic Downturn, Are Filing Bankruptcy More than Other Segments
According to a new study that will be released formally today to a Congressional committee, senior citizens are filing for bankruptcy protection at “sharply faster rates” than other segments of the population. (See the full…
SC Has a Mortgage Fraud Hotline
The following announcement just popped into my email inbox, courtesy of the state bar association: The S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs along with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office announced a new mortgage hotline on Monday.…
Foreclosure Crisis Expands Into Credit Crisis, Say Some
According to some analysts, the foreclosure crisis is spreading to other sectors of the credit industry and will continue to “drag down” the economy into ‘09 and later: When financial analyst Meredith Whitney wrote in…
About the SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Blog and Some Upcoming Changes
In the next several weeks, posting is going to be light (as if it weren’t already) while my colleague, Dana Wilkinson, and I prepare a brand new, made-over, bulging-at-the-seams-with-new-content South Carolina Bankruptcy & Consumer Blog.…
Governor Sanford Vetoes Exemption Bill — Call Your Reps!
Governor Mark Sanford inexplicably vetoed the exemption bill that I discussed here, that received wide and bipartisan support in both houses of the General Assembly. Call your representatives today, please, and express your support for…
Save On Your Grocery Bills
Here’s a great piece on how to save some money on your family’s weekly grocery bills. With rising prices and supply issues — prompting food warehouse stores like Costco to ration rice purchases per customer…