Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability by an individual, or business, to pay their creditors. The declaration is known as seeking bankruptcy protection (from creditors) or initiating a bankruptcy filing. Unsecured debts -- like credit card balances -- are typically in peril in bankruptcy filings. But recent changes to the U.S. bankruptcy code have seen more consumers forced to file Chapter 13, which requires a debt repayment plan, rather than Chapter 7, which effectively wipes out unsecured debt.
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Commercial Bankruptcies: Examiners in a Chapter 11 Case
1 February 2010
State Attorney General Goes After Capital One for Debt Collection and Re-Aging
25 January 2010
Commercial Bankruptcies: Material Misstatements
25 January 2010
Commercial Bankruptcies:The Automatic Stay
15 January 2010
State Issues Suspension Order to Debt Collector Mann Bracken
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Commercial Bankruptcies: Prepackaged Bankruptcies
11 January 2010
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Executive Change: Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. Elects New Partner
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Commercial Bankruptcy:Bankruptcy Dismissals, Failure to Provide Timely Payment Advice
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Commercial Bankruptcy: The Six Components of Leadership
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Bankruptcy Issues: Due Diligence Considerations
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Commercial Bankruptcies: Filing for Bankruptcy
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Commercial Bankruptcy: Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
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Commercial Bankruptcy: How Landlords Can Protect Themselves When A Debtor Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Consumer Bankruptcies March Upward, With More to Come
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Legal Collector Axiant Files Bankruptcy; NCO Group to Acquire
23 November 2009
Commercial Bankruptcies: Formation of an Unsecured Creditors? Committee
20 November 2009
Ask the Experts: How are bankrupt accounts treated in the ARM industry?
16 November 2009
Commercial Bankruptcies: Bankruptcy Issues
13 November 2009
Commercial Bankruptcies: Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
6 November 2009