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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, where you can read his latest post, “A Half-Hearted Defense of the Legal Services Cartel”.

• Click on BK Lawyer Blogs for a state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyers with their own blogs.
• Have a blog or know a good blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme?  Send an e-mail to BLT [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us with the link.
• Suggestion to bankruptcy lawyers with blogs: Make sure to include a “Search” function somewhere on your blog.  It makes it easier to find topical posts on your blog and increases the likelihood that a post from your blog will be included in BLT.

GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• 6^th Circuit Determines that Negative Equity Financing can be Protected from Cramdown
• Underwater Mortgages in the U.S. by City

Bankruptcy Case Blog – St John’s University Law School

• Positive Treatment for Negative Equity

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Foreclosure: Should You Embrace It?
• Are You Behind on Your Mortgage?
• Who Decides about Reaffirming a Mortgage?
• South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyer Unleashes Vulcan Intellect on the Hanging Paragraph
• Individual Chapter 11 Fact: You Can Always Cram Down Your Car
• Chapter 13 Debt Limit Qualifications
• Upside Down Car Loans Protected in 8^th Circuit
• Bankruptcy and the Upside-Down House: American Dream a Nightmare?
• Fourth Circuit Rules that the “Hanging Paragraph” Protects Negative Equity
• Underwater Trade-In not Protected Claim in Bankruptcy
• Owe More than Your Car Is Worth?
• Upside Down Car Loans in Missouri, Redux

CreditSlips.org

• Does Securitization Affect Loan Modification?
• Is Redefault Risk Preventing Mortgage Loan Mods?
• The Other Underwater Loans: Negative Equity in Auto Finance

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Moral Hazard, Strategic Default, and Debt Reduction
• HAMP Homeowners Stuck in Limbo

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

• December Amicus Project Update

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.*** (more…)

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, where you can read his latest post in which he painstakingly calculated law school and attorney saturation in individual American jurisdictions.

Law Shucks

• Milbank Blocking Pepper Hamilton Lawyer’s Deal for MLB Team

Overlawyered

• “Pay Me Now”
• Chrysler’s White-House-assisted Bankruptcy

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Extended Stay Wants Investigation Documents Destroyed
• Andre Chreky Strikes Deal To Keep Control Of D.C. Salon
• The Daily Docket: Blockbuster Seeks Bankruptcy Loan
• Buyer of Shuttered CBGB Club Brand Files for Bankruptcy
• Smurfit-Stone Gets Rolling on Mill Sales
• United Medical Center Slated for Foreclosure Sale
• The Daily Docket: National Envelope Opens Bankruptcy Case
• Little Luck on the Auction Block for Salander’s European Art
• CNBC to Air ‘The Last Days of Lehman Brothers’
• Rothstein Sentenced to Half-Century Behind Bars
• The Daily Docket: Health-Care Restructurings Loom
• Rubashkin Cleared of Child-Labor Charges
• The Daily Docket: Garlock Enters Bankruptcy
• “Real Housewives” Star Is In Bankruptcy
• Getting Even at a Bankruptcy Auction
• A-Rod Named to Rangers Creditors Committee

Above the Law

• Paging All Bankruptcy Lawyers…
• Could Law School Loans Become More Easily Dischargeable in Bankruptcy

Credit Slips

• Courts Are Signaling, but Is Congress Listening?
• Decision in Schwab Is an Irritating Nonevent
• Discussing the “B” Word with Corporate Boards
• The End of Free Checking?
• Overcoming Overconfidence in Bankruptcy
• Seen This Movie Before?
• Private Funds and Bankruptcy
• Electronic Copy of Bankruptcy Code and Rules
• The Utility of Chapter 11
• BP and Bankruptcy
• U.S. Bankruptcy Filings at Same Level as Before 2005 Law
• Supreme Court Rules in Lanning

Going Concern

• PFF Bankcorp Creditors Want to Probe KPMG So They Can Determine If They Can Sue KPMG

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog where you can read his latest post, “Bottleneck Attack!“.

Click on BK Lawyer Blogs for a state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyers with their own blogs.

• Have a blog or know a good blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme?  Send an e-mail to BLT [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us with the link.
• Suggestion to bankruptcy lawyers with blogs: Make sure to include a “Search” function somewhere on your blog.  It makes it easier to find topical posts on your blog and increases the likelihood that a post from your blog will be included in BLT.

GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Student Loan Zombie Debt
• What Is Zombie Debt and Why Is It a Problem?
• Creditors Try to Collect Debt Discharged by Bankruptcy
• What Is Zombie Debt?
• Zombie Debt Haunts the Discharged
• What Is a Zombie Debt?
• Bankruptcy: Why Do I Need to Save My Papers?
• Chapter 13 Claims Abuses
• Zombie Debt, Being Sued by a Debt Buyer
• Am I Responsible for the Debts of my Deceased Spouse or Other Relatives?
• Who Is This Unknown Collector That Filed a Proof of Claim in My Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy – Do I Have the Right to Remain Silent?
• Can You Defend a Credit Card Lawsuit When You May Owe the Money?

CreditSlips.org

• How Much Do You Want for That Discharged Debt?

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.*** (more…)

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog where you can read his latest post, “The Big Bubble Battle (Bart II)”.

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• The Daily Docket: WaMu’s Chapter 11 Plan Delayed
• Thomas Kinkade Company Finds Itself Painted Into a Corner
• The Daily Docket: TNK-BP Unit Slips Into Bankruptcy
• British Royal Fergie Mulls Bankruptcy
• Rothstein’s Ex-Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Ponzi-Related Charge
• Walker Seeks NBA Return With Help From a Friend
• The Daily Docket: GM and Chrysler, One Year Later
• Ex-NBA Star Walker Lists Casino Debt, Foreclosures In Bankruptcy Filing
• ‘B’ Is for Bankruptcy
• Houlihan Lokey Challenged Over Disclosure In Aventine Case
• The Daily Docket: Lehman Sues J.P. Morgan
• Texas Rangers Nearly Max Out Team Credit Card
• Hecker Auction Draws Hundreds Of Bidders
• Please Pack Your Knives…And File For Bankruptcy
• Texas Rangers Owner Wants To Keep His Season Tickets
• Former Fred Leighton Owner Back In Bankruptcy Court
• Texas Rangers Owe Alex Rodriguez $24.9 Million

Credit Slips

• Of BP, Caps, and Chapter 11
• A Primer on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
• Protecting Public Benefits from Garnishment
• The Database You’ve Been Waiting For
• Atomic
• More Naked Credit Default Swaps—the Role of Dealers
• Naked Credit Default Swaps

Law Shucks

• Jumping In(House): Hiring Lane [for the shout out to Bankruptcy Bill’s immensely talented Gideon Kendall]
• Quick Shucks – 5/25/10
• Cravath Changing with the Times?

Going Concern

• COSO Study Finds Accounting Frauds Getting Larger, Execs Named in Nearly 90% of Cases
• Accounting News Roundup: PwC Dealt a Blow on Penn. Healthcare Bankruptcy Ruling; Zipcar Going Public; Altria Gets Smoked by IRS | 06.02.10

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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