• BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION & CONSUMER  PROTECTION ACT OF 2005 (BAPCPA)  Part II

    BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION & CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2005 (BAPCPA) Part II

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    Part II – Changes in Bankruptcy Law [See related articles on this blog: The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), “Part I, Rationales” &Part III The “Means Test in Bankruptcy”] The enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) in April, 2005, wrought significant changes in the law embodied in…

  • Filing for Bankruptcy can help you reinstate your driver’s license

    Filing for Bankruptcy can help you reinstate your driver’s license

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    There are several instances in which filing for bankruptcy can help you regain your driver’s license. In the state of Florida, if you are driving without insurance and you are involved in a car accident the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMW) may suspend your driver’s license. However, filing for Chapter 7 or…

  • Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

    Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

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    Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code allows debtors to have their debts forgiven through liquidation. During this process, nonexempt assets are sold and the proceeds are distributed to creditors. Unlike Chapter 13 bankruptcy, where a debtor retains their property and pays back a portion of their debts, Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharges remaining debts so the…

  • Chapter 9 Bankruptcy – Santa Cruz, CA & Calpers Pension Crises

    Chapter 9 Bankruptcy – Santa Cruz, CA & Calpers Pension Crises

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    The City of Santa Cruz, CA is one of the latest municipalities to fall into what some have called a “…disturbing trend that will end in a full-fledged pension crisis” across the breadth and width of the nation. Santa Cruz is a California coastal community of 65,000 residents situated some 75 miles southwest of San…

  • PUERTO RICO & BANKRUPTCY

    PUERTO RICO & BANKRUPTCY

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    The island of Puerto Rico is officially a Commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States who share many of the same rights and benefits of their fellow citizens living on the mainland. Until February, 1898, Puerto Rico had been under the colonial rule of Spain for centuries. In that…

  • The Weinstein Company Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After 5-Month Delay

    The Weinstein Company Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After 5-Month Delay

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    ****** MARCH 20218 UPDATE ****** BREAKING NEWS THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY AFTER 5-MONTH DELAY The Weinstein Company – founded by embattled movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein in 2005 – has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a Delaware bankruptcy court. Media reports indicate that the filing…

  • Harvey Weinstein / The Weinstein Company –  Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the Offing as Sale Talks Fail

    Harvey Weinstein / The Weinstein Company – Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the Offing as Sale Talks Fail

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    “Born under a bad sign, been down since I began to crawl if it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all…” (“Born Under a Bad Sign” -Original Version, Albert King, 1967; covered by Cream, 1968) Today, Albert King’s song might seem like the “anthem” of (former) movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and,…