Here’s a shock: when you ask someone to do something for you, they usually charge you money. When that someone is a federal court and the something is accepting a document for filing, the charge usually comes in the form of a filing fee. The United States Courts website maintain a list of fees chargeable […]

How did women’s clothier Chadwick’s emerge from a successful Chapter 11 case? By focusing on its core business and shedding debt. Many companies attempt to grow too fast by pursuing ambitions in the marketplace. Growth almost certainly involves taking on debt as companies add equipment, leases, employees and other infrastructure in order to accommodate the […]

Infamous alleged child killer Casey Anthony will testify under oath at her bankruptcy meeting with the trustee on March 4, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. This testimony will break Anthony’s long silence. She did not testify at her murder trial, where she was acquitted of killing her toddler daughter Caylee. In the vast majority of bankruptcy […]

Michael Brown did not seem to be a good candidate for bankruptcy. A prominent Houston hand surgeon, he invented a surgical technique to treat carpal tunnel syndrome and franchised 6 surgical centers in the southwest. His Brown Medical Centers had earned between $25 million to $30 million a year. However, while trying to divorce his […]

Famed child murder acquitee Casey Anthony has filed for bankruptcy in Tampa, Florida. Ms. Anthony’s bankruptcy filing appears to list fairly minimal and routine assets and liabilities, such as: Cash on hand: $474 Furniture and laptop: $200 Jewelry: $200 Woman’s clothing and accessories: $100 In the category for “Patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property” she marks […]

The foreclosure crisis in our country has prompted judges, legislators and lawyers to rethink deeply embedded beliefs about mortgages in default and loan modifications. Settlement agents classically advise borrowers signing loan documents that “to stay you have to pay,” but both slowly and radically, practices are changing. New laws and procedures around the country are […]

An auction for bankrupt Seattle based Tully’s Coffee is heating up. Tully’s sells coffee to consumers out of 47 retail locations in airports, downtown Seattle street corners and the Washington State Convention Center. Under the wieght of its corporate structure, Tully’s filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, promptly shutting down several stores. Soon […]

For many, the loan modification process is getting out of hand. Javier Hernandez lost his job, his father was deported and the value of the home he bought for his mother seven years ago plummeted. Despite all this grief, however, Javier appeared to still be current on his payments, according to this article in the […]

I recently received a letter from the Sussex County Sheriff regarding their December 2012 foreclosure schedule. Here is the text: TO: ALL ATTORNIES, NEWSPAPERS The Sussex County Sheriff’s Office would like to inform the public, attorneys and newspapers that we will NOT be holding a Sheriff’s Sale in the month of December due to the […]

Former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin claimed that the 2012 Miss USA beauty pageant was rigged.  An arbitrator has disagreed and she has been ordered to pay pageant organizers $5 million for defamation.  Under the Miss USA pageant agreement signed by Ms. Monnin all disputes were to be resolved by an arbitrator, not the courts. Apparently […]