Thursday, January 12, 2012 Law from 2005 harms debtors needing a new start By host @ 10:40 AM :: For more than a year, both nationwide and locally the number of bankruptcy filings has fallen. These statistics contradict the reality of high unemplo... Read More..

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Filings for bankruptcy decreased all of 2011 By host @ 10:41 AM :: By Jonathan D. Epstein BuffaloNews.com Bankruptcy filings maintained their downward pace all of last year, as the total number of new cases in the... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Bankruptcy filings are down 10% By host @ 2:44 PM :: By Patrick Danner, pdanner@express-news.net Here's another sign that South-Central Texas might be on the path of an economic recovery: Consumer b... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Bankruptcy filings fell in 2011 By host @ 2:43 PM :: By Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel Personal bankruptcies in South Florida fell in 2011, the first time in five years. But the decline may be dec... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Sloppy seconds: Feds probe million$ 'double-billing' by banks By host @ 2:27 PM :: By:  Catherine Curan  (New York Post) Federal investigators are looking into allegations that banks have wrongly pocketed tens of million... Read More..

Wednesday, January 04, 2012 For-Profit College Students Face Higher Debt, More Unemployment, Report Finds By host @ 2:13 PM :: Students attending for-profit colleges wind up with much higher student-loan debts, are less likely to be employed after graduation and generally earn... Read More..

Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Feds probe millions in 'double-billing' by banks By host @ 10:13 AM :: Feds probe millions in 'double-billing' by banks Federal investigators are looking into allegations that banks have wrongly pocketed tens of millio... Read More..

Thursday, December 29, 2011 Should Student Loans be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy? By host @ 1:17 PM :: Alan Collings http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/12/29/should-student-loans-be-dischargeable-in-bankruptcy/ One of the most cited g... Read More..

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Details of Mortgage Servicing Settlement Between Banks and AGs Begin to Emerge By host @ 11:52 AM :: The never-ending negotiations between the 50 state attorneys general (minus a few big ones) and five major banks over penalties and standards for past... Read More..

Friday, December 16, 2011 New Study Critical of BAPCPA Reforms By host @ 8:15 PM :: Bankruptcy More Expensive and Cumbersome Than Ever Congressional "reform" made the system more complex, study finds James Hood, consumeraffairs.co... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Bankruptcy: Debtor's downfall and trustee's boon? By host @ 9:00 PM :: By Susan Brown susan.brown@nwi.com, (219) 662-5325 HAMMOND | The country's shattered economy has driven many a distressed debtor to bankruptcy cou... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 EDITORIAL: Creditors deserve more than bankruptcy trustees By host @ 8:21 PM :: Personal bankruptcy is a humiliating experience for the people who go through it. It is likewise unsatisfactory for the creditors who get less than th... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Going Bankrupt in 2012, but Keeping Your Home By host @ 8:18 PM :: –Philip van Doorn, bank analyst at TheStreet Despite the apparent economic improvement, with the unemployment rate finally moving below 9% in N... Read More..

Friday, December 02, 2011 Time to Accelerate the Housing Recovery By host @ 11:54 AM :: Time to Accelerate the Housing Recovery By FLOYD NORRIS It’s housing, stupid. More precisely, it’s housing finance. As the O... Read More..

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Mortgage modification may remedy foreclosure crisis By host @ 9:51 PM :: By Todd Ruger, Herald-Tribune Link to Herald-Tribune Website A program to save homeowners from foreclosure that has shown startling results in O... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Fewer people in debt trouble seeking counseling, other help By host @ 2:41 PM :: By Christine Dugas, USA TODAY Even as more Americans are piling on debt, fewer are seeking counseling or other kinds of relief to try and get their f... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Angry Calif. Democrats call on Obama to help struggling homeowners By host @ 10:11 AM :: Kitty Felde | KPCC California Congressional democrats are accusing the Obama Administration of not doing enough to help the growing number of homeo... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 California Dems blast Obama on foreclosure crisis By host @ 10:09 AM :: Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau Washington -- California House Democrats ripped the Obama administration Wednesday for inaction on home... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Do something about foreclosures, California Democrats urge Obama By host @ 9:42 AM :: -- Richard Simon and Jim Puzzanghera in Washington In a rare display of frustration with the Obama administration, California House Democrats on We... Read More..

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Americans with Advanced Degrees Are Increasingly Filing for Bankruptcy By host @ 8:45 PM :: A new study by the Institute for Financial Literacy chronicles increasing rates of bankruptcy for Americans with advanced degrees. The study found th... Read More..

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Relief for Student Debtors By host @ 7:27 AM :: Editorial from The New York Times Relief for Student Debtors Published: August 26, 2011 Since the start of the recession, record numbers of Amer... Read More..

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Bankruptcy Filings Drop Due To Apathy By host @ 9:00 PM :: Monday, 08/15/11 10:19am (Host) Reports from Wall Street have been bleak this week. So, news that bankruptcy filings were down compared to last ye... Read More..

Thursday, August 04, 2011 Leahy, Blumenthal press leading national mortgage servicing companies about foreclosures in bankruptcy courts By host @ 3:16 PM :: Written by The Bridgeport News Wednesday, 03 August 2011 16:28 Senators seek information about lenders’ policies and practices WASHINGTON &... Read More..

Thursday, July 28, 2011 Orlando's personal bankruptcies dip for first time in 5 years By host @ 9:58 PM :: July 26, 2011|By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel Despite Central Florida's stubbornly high unemployment and other economic woes, the pace of going ... Read More..

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Bankruptcy rate down 15% at midyear By host @ 2:37 PM :: At the year’s midpoint, the pace of bankruptcy filings is down 15 percent from last year’s record rate in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle... Read More..

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Bankrupt Bay Area homeowners shed second mortgages By host @ 12:58 PM :: By Pete Carey pcarey@mercurynews.com Posted: 05/09/2011 09:10:53 AM PDT Updated: 05/09/2011 03:13:28 PM PDT Stung by the crash of the housing ... Read More..

Thursday, April 21, 2011 More people go bankrupt in Sedgwick County; fewer lose their homes By host @ 7:40 AM :: BY DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle Bankruptcies are surging in Sedgwick County while home foreclosures are falling. But while the first seems bad and... Read More..

Thursday, April 21, 2011 California bankruptcy court rules against MERS By host @ 7:37 AM :: Tuesday, April 19th, 2011, 2:30 pm A California bankruptcy court says Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems cannot help a trustee establish lega... Read More..

Friday, March 25, 2011 Bankruptcy filings, like foreclosures, expected to pick up again By host @ 10:50 AM :: By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, February 25, 2011 The drawn-out financial squeeze afflicting many in the Tampa Bay area a... Read More..

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Real face of bankruptcy looks nothing like Hecker By host @ 4:05 PM :: The fallen auto mogul gets headlines, but the real truth of bankruptcy is that ordinary people are blindsided by life. By RONALD J. LUNDQUIST La... Read More..

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Mass. bankruptcy claims still on the rise By host @ 2:32 PM :: Despite signs that the economy is slowly improving, bankruptcy filings continued to climb in Massachusetts for the fourth straight year. In 2010, 2... Read More..

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 In WNY, bankruptcy continues to decline By host @ 4:07 PM :: Updated: February 14, 2011, 6:29 AM Bankruptcy filings in Western New York continued to defy national trends in January, falling by 20 percent from ... Read More..

Sunday, February 13, 2011 Personal bankruptcy filings in Colorado rose 17.2% last year By host @ 3:58 PM :: A rising number of people filed for bankruptcy protection last year in Colorado, even as the number of businesses doing so declined for the first time... Read More..

Sunday, February 13, 2011 New York Fed Economists Say Bush-Era Bankruptcy Law Fueled Over 200,000 Foreclosures By host @ 3:50 PM :: WASHINGTON -- Economists at the New York Federal Reserve have concluded that a controversial 2005 law backed by banks and credit card companies pushed... Read More..

Friday, December 24, 2010 Debtors are given Christmas surprise By @ 3:50 AM :: Consumer advocates and bankruptcy attorneys are praising Gov. David A. Paterson for giving debtors in the state a big Christmas present Thursday, but ... Read More..

Saturday, December 11, 2010 Some see hope as Orlando-area bankruptcies hit lull By @ 3:47 AM :: Near-record unemployment and foreclosures have propelled Orlando-area bankruptcies to record heights again this year, though a dramatic slowdown in ne... Read More..

Friday, December 03, 2010 Flawed mortgage modifications lead to bankruptcies By @ 3:45 AM :: Federal mortgage modification programs aimed at keeping financially at-risk homeowners from being foreclosed on are instead fueling consumer bankruptc... Read More..

Saturday, November 27, 2010 Don’t Just Tell Us. Show Us That You Can Foreclose. By @ 3:40 AM :: AFTER examining their foreclosure practices for flaws in mortgage documentation and other procedures, many of the nation’s largest banks have re... Read More..

Friday, November 26, 2010 Rebuilding Lives After Bankruptcy By @ 3:43 AM :: More than 1.6 million Americans are expected to file for bankruptcy-court protection this year, more than any year since Congress overhauled the syste... Read More..

Monday, September 27, 2010 Bankruptcies soar despite stiffer laws, higher costs By @ 3:10 AM :: Judy Meredith was working two jobs when her work hours were cut and her income plunged 40 percent. Facing mounting credit-card debts and seeing no imm... Read More..

Sunday, September 12, 2010 Will reducing mortgages stop foreclosure? By @ 3:12 AM :: In Florida, one in nine households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer. This week, the Obama administration will begin yet another ... Read More..

Saturday, September 11, 2010 Bankruptcy filings continue to rise By @ 3:14 AM :: The young woman was well-spoken, so the bankruptcy official was puzzled when she hesitated before giving her home address. “She turned to her at... Read More..

Monday, August 23, 2010 Bankruptcy filings rebound By @ 3:15 AM :: Long-term unemployment and small-business failures continue to propel personal bankruptcy filings, with Tennessee in step with a national trend that s... Read More..

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 U.S. says bankruptcies reach nearly 5-year high By @ 3:17 AM :: U.S. bankruptcy filings have reached the highest level since 2005, government data released on Tuesday show, as the economy slows and the unemployment... Read More..

Monday, July 05, 2010 Bankruptcy Bar plans for busy year By @ 3:19 AM :: Bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florida are the second highest in the country, behind only the Los Angeles district. No end is in sight. ... Read More..

Sunday, July 04, 2010 State's bankruptcies soar despite overhaul By @ 3:20 AM :: Five years ago, bankruptcies soared to record levels as debt-strapped consumers raced to seek court protection before Congress changed the law to curb... Read More..

Sunday, June 13, 2010 Attorneys finding vexing issues in bankruptcy cases By @ 3:23 AM :: Bankruptcy doesn't always work as advertised. For starters, not all debts - including student loans, some tax liabilities and child-support obligation... Read More..

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Only a fraction of those in need file for bankruptcy By @ 3:27 AM :: Bankruptcy filings are nearing the record 2 million of 2005, when a new law took effect that was aimed at curbing abuse of the system. Filings could r... Read More..

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Take smart steps before filing for bankruptcy By @ 3:25 AM :: If you're thinking about bankruptcy, here are some things to consider: Even if you can't afford to file for bankruptcy, you can ask a lawyer for some ... Read More..

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 Jacksonville-area bankruptcies hit a record high By @ 3:28 AM :: Jacksonville area bankruptcy filings in March hit the highest level in more than four years, and local bankruptcy attorneys say it could get worse thi... Read More..

Sunday, May 02, 2010 Unemployment rates will drive bankruptcy filings, even in a recovery By @ 3:29 AM :: With Memphis and the nation mired in a deep recession last year, you might expect the path from neighborhoods and businesses to U.S. Bankruptcy Court ... Read More..

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Declaring bankruptcy isn't proof of immorality By @ 3:31 AM :: "Everyday Cheapskate" columnist Mary Hunt wrote recently that bankruptcy is a moral failing. Hunt's opinion isn't a random swipe -- it is based on per... Read More..

Thursday, April 15, 2010 Bankruptcy filings in Tampa jump 21 percent in first quarter By @ 3:32 AM :: Tampa bankruptcy trustee Terry Smith grimly jokes that the landmark 2005 overhaul of bankruptcy law was supposed to make it harder to file. You would ... Read More..

Monday, April 12, 2010 Bankruptcies continue to rise By @ 3:34 AM :: New bankruptcy filings continue to rise, and experts say they don't expect a turnaround just yet. Area bankruptcies jumped during the first three mont... Read More..

Monday, April 05, 2010 Personal Bankruptcies Hit a High and May Keep Rising By @ 3:35 AM :: In the fourth-floor courtroom of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of California, which serves San Diego and Imperial counties (pop. ... Read More..