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Bankruptcy Attorney Representation — How Important Is It?
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. The two major reasons why people who know they need to file for bankruptcy, but put off doing so, is anxiety about filing, and concern about paying the legal fees....
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Options If You Fail the Bankruptcy Means Test
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. Most clients who we represent do indeed pass the means test in Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. I would say that at least seven out of eight people who desire to file for...
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Serial Bankruptcy Filers Eventually Get the Ax
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. Some debtors like bankruptcy so much, they come back for more, and more, and even more. . . sometimes using multiple bankruptcy filings to delay foreclosure...
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I Can Now Legally Advise My Long Island Bankruptcy Clients to Incur Debt in...
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. High Court Issues Decision on Attorneys’ Ability to Give Legal Advice to Bankruptcy Clients The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a provision of the 2005...
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New Bankruptcy Laws May Have Caused Mortgage Meltdown
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. Three economists recently concluded that the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 was a significant cause of the mortgage crisis and current recession because it had the...
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Report from NACBA 2010 Annual Bankruptcy Convention
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. I am currently in San Francisco where I just attended the annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA). I write this...
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Complying With the Payment Advice Rule in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases
By Craig D. Robins, Esq. Recent Appellate Decision Says Filing All Pay Stubs May Not Be Necessary We all know that under the new bankruptcy laws, debtors are required to file copies of all pay...
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Are Bankruptcy Petitions Accurate? A Federal Report Answers the Question
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. Are Debtors Honest In Their Bankruptcy Petitions? The UST Wants to Know The United States Trustee Program began auditing consumer bankruptcy cases in October 2006...
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Update on Bankruptcy Attorney Sanctioned for Cheating on Credit Counseling...
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. Two years ago I wrote about a scandalous situation in which a consumer bankruptcy attorney in New York thought he had found a way to by-pass the requirement of having...
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How Far Can a Bankruptcy Judge Go To Assist Inept Counsel?
Written by Craig D. Robins, Esq. After I wrote about some bankruptcy court decisions last month which involved some quirky and unusual facts (Two bankruptcy attorneys got into trouble over E.C.F....
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