Firms Offer Cash to Help New Lawyers Pay Student Debt
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Improperly Taking $297.72 Results in $250,000 in Punitive Damages for Stay Violation
Creditor’s unrepentant attitude escalates punitive damages from $33,700 to $250,000.
Circuit Split Widens on Test for Nondischargeability from Late-Filed Tax Returns
Ninth Circuit avoids the one-day-late rule for nondischargeability of tax debts.
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Eleventh Circuit Requires Punctilious Proof to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
Circuit court rules on grounds less favorable for the debtor than the district judge’s.
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Circuits Starkly Split on Filing Time-Barred Claims as Violations of the FDCPA
Eighth Circuit says bankruptcy adequately protects debtors from assertion of stale claims.
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Consumer Credit Expands at 6.2 Percent Pace in May
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Obama Administration’s Proposed Student Debt Rules Draw Ire of For-Profit Colleges
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Creditors Try to Force Former Basketball Star Christian Laettner Into Bankruptcy
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U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Miami Predatory Lending Lawsuit
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