Consumer Bankruptcy, Dischargeable Debts, Debt Collection

Consumer Bankruptcy › Dischargeable Debts › Debt Collection

+ Follow

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 +

CFPB scrutinizes discharged private student loan billing and collection practices

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/27/2023

On March 16, the CFPB released a compliance bulletin discussing student loan servicers’ practice of collecting on private student loans discharged in bankruptcy. ...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 4, 2019

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2019

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy / Surrender: borrower cannot challenge judgment of foreclosure entered upon judicial notice of his statement of intention to surrender the property and order of discharge...more

Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 11, 2019

Carlton Fields on 10/23/2019

Financial Services Update - Title Insurance Coverage: where an accurate survey would have shown that seller had abandoned access and parking easement, which had been built upon by a neighbor, title insurer had no duty to...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 8, 2019

Carlton Fields on 3/20/2019

Real Property Update - Lis Pendens: trial court erred by not discharging lis pendens concerning real property because defendant did not grant an interest in the property, and plaintiff's claims did not allege requisite fair...more

Part I: Navigating the Maze of Servicing Discharged Debt

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/29/2019

Mortgage servicers are plagued by their nebulous relationships with the borrowers who discharge their personal liability in bankruptcy. Issues arise when the borrower whose debt has been discharged continues to engage with...more

Eighth Circuit Opinions Highlight Need to Apply Appellate Lens at Trial Court

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/18/2016

We often quip that the best way to establish a winning record as an appellate lawyer is to represent the party that won below; that’s no joke. In nearly every appellate court— state or federal— appellants have an uphill...more

Connecticut District Court Affirms Ruling that Collateral Estoppel Effect of California Judgments for Fraud Established Them as...

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/24/2014

Debts based on fraud are not dischargeable in bankruptcy, but to achieve that result the aggrieved creditor must ordinarily commence a non-dischargeability action and prove the fraud. However, when an action for fraud is...more

7 Results

View per page

Page: of 1