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Consumer bankruptcy is a process to reduce or eliminate personal as opposed to business debts. Consumer bankruptcies can be filed under either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy code.  Debtors are... more +
Consumer bankruptcy is a process to reduce or eliminate personal as opposed to business debts. Consumer bankruptcies can be filed under either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 of the bankruptcy code.  Debtors are eligible for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 depending on the nature of their debts and assets. less -
Miller Canfield

Michigan Tax Foreclosures in Bankruptcy - An Auction and a Right to Claim Surplus Proceeds Insulates Against Challenge as a...

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In January, Miller Canfield reported on Lowry v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (In re Lowry), an opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Lowry held that a taxpayer in bankruptcy could challenge a...more

King & Spalding

Ninth Circuit Affirms Judgment Against TransUnion After Rare Class Action Trial and Offers Illuminating Discussion of Class Member...

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On February 27, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict against TransUnion in a class action involving alerts that TransUnion included in certain consumers’ credit files that falsely indicated they might be on a national...more

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CFPB Report Reveals Impact Removal Of Public Records Has On Credit Reporting: Did It Make A Difference?

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The CFPB recently issued its second Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends Report which examines the impact of changes to credit reporting regarding the reporting of civil public records. ...more

Carlton Fields

Jump in Credit Scores Means Dip in Underwriting Predictability

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Underwriters that rely on popular credit-scoring models like FICO and VantageScore to assess risk may have noticed that some consumer credit scores jumped recently. The nationwide credit reporting agencies, Equifax Inc.,...more

Burr & Forman

Discharge of Federal and State Income Taxes in Bankruptcy

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If an individual or business owes unpaid income taxes to the IRS, or to a state, federal bankruptcy laws may provide relief for some, if not all, of these taxes. Generally applicable to “older” federal and state income taxes,...more

Troutman Pepper

Right Or Wrong, Dewsnup Is Law

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A Chapter 13 debtor sought to void a federal tax lien under Section 506(d) of the Bankruptcy Code to the extent that it exceeded the value of his assets. The Seventh Circuit joined the Tenth Circuit in holding that the U.S....more

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