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{ Monthly Archives } February 2009

Judicial Modification Key To Helping Homeowners

  Last week President Obama announced an ambitious and expensive plan to stabilize home prices and help homeowners in trouble with their home loans avoid foreclosure.

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NACBA Supports President Obama’s Plans On Bankruptcy

The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) issued a statement Feb.

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President Obama To Make Filing For Bankruptcy Easier

In his address Feb. 18 regarding his plans to mitigate the current mortgage crisis, President Obama announced that his administration will reform bankruptcy rules to make it easier for individuals to seek such relief.

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Federal Judge Rules Debt Nondischargeable

PITSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Feb. 9 affirmed a bankruptcy court’s ruling that certain unsecured debt was nondischargeable and held that a creditor failed to carry his burden of proof of allegations that the debtor committed embezzlement in an underlying court action ( Steven D. Ginsburg, et al

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Oklahoma Federal Judge Says Malpractice Case May Proceed

TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma federal judge on Feb

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Oklahoma Federal Judge Says Malpractice Case May Proceed

TULSA, Okla.

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7th Circuit Says Abuse Not Shown

CHICAGO — A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 5 ruled that a district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to discharge a debtor couple’s student loan debt and held that the couple failed to prove racial discrimination on the part of a federal agency in connection with the loans ( In Re: Frederick Vaughn Greene, et al.

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7th Circuit Says Abuse Not Shown

CHICAGO — A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb.

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Automatic Stay Not Violated

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge on Feb. 5 affirmed a bankruptcy court’s ruling that a creditor did not violate the automatic stay by depositing a check paid to it before the petition was filed because there was not an improper retention of property belonging to t

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Automatic Stay Not Violated

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge on Feb

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