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Bankruptcy Options for Tribal Casinos
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jul 29th 2011
Category: New Bankruptcy Laws
Impact of State Estate Taxes
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jun 21st 2011
Category: Tax Basics
Understanding taxes is a leap forward to staying away from bankruptcy. In bankruptcy, not all taxes are discharged so a person should think twice about using bankruptcy as a tool
Bankruptcy & Foreclosure 101
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jun 20th 2011
Category: Foreclosure and Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy may be the answer to problems with mortgage foreclosures. A bankruptcy attorney can help bring understanding to foreclosure issues, or negotiate with a lending institution...
Insurmountable Medical Debts & The Bankruptcy Option
Submitted By: Michael Rinne On: Jun 14th 2011
Category: Debt Relief
A January 2006 motorcycle accident left an Olivenhain, CA resident paralyzed from the waist down. While still undergoing his recovery and rehabilitation, the man established the HeadNorth Foundation, a Del Mar-based...
Bankruptcy & Reaffirmation Agreement FAQ's
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jun 14th 2011
Category: Filing for Bankruptcy, California
Reaffirmation agreements are used in cases where a bankruptcy petitioner wants to maintain liability for a debt through a bankruptcy. Usually this is done to prevent secured property from liquidation. The following are frequently asked...
A Case of Bankruptcy Attorney Malpractice
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jun 14th 2011
Category: Bankruptcy Planning
This is a case about attorney malpractice, and serves as good reading for the client looking for a potential lawyer to handle a bankruptcy case. In the case, Dale Randall Goebel filed suit against James Lauderdale, a bankruptcy attorney...
Reaffirmation Agreements in a California Bankruptcy Case
Submitted By: Michael Rinne On: Jun 13th 2011
Category: Debt Relief, California
When a California debtor files bankruptcy, and wants to keep a debt, s/he must continue to pay off the amount after filing bankruptcy, and reaffirm the debt with a reaffirmation agreement. At the 341 hearing a debtor will see posters in the trustee’s office...
The Statement of Intention in a Chapter 7 Case
Submitted By: Michael Rinne On: Jun 8th 2011
Category: Chapter 7
When a debtor files Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the debtor completes a Statement of Intention. The Statement of Intention is a form that lets the court, trustee, and creditors know what the debtor intends to do with secured collateral...
Intellectual Property Contracts and Bankruptcy
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: Jun 8th 2011
Category: Debt Relief
Intellectual property interfaces with bankruptcy when a licensor has a debtor licensee who intends to assign the licensed rights to the licensor's competitor. The Bankruptcy Code gives a debtor protections in dealing with executory contracts. These...
Federal Liens from Tax Debt
Submitted By: Richard Suh On: May 16th 2011
Category: Tax Liens
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has in 2011 a new program called the "Fresh Start" initiative to decrease the burden of tax liens. Tax liens enforce delinquent tax collections from individuals...