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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 for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Structural Unemployment Plagues U.S. Legal Sector.”

• 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

• Reject Commercial Leases Quickly, Says 8th Circuit BAP
• Chapter 13 can save an investment property – Lien stripping in action

CreditSlips.org

• Explaining the Housing Bubble

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Short Refis coming?

TEXAS

Reed Allmand, Esq. (Allmand & Lee) – Reed’s Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX)

• Real Estate Mogul’s Bankruptcy Fraught With Accusations Of Fraud
• Commercial Real Estate Vacancy Rates Rise As Foreclosures And Bankruptcy Loom
• Tarrant County Developer Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Real Estate Developer Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Protection and Post-Foreclosure Proceedings
• Even Rapper Jay-Z Battles Foreclosure
• Dallas Logistics Hub Developers File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Why More Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Could Hamper A Recovery

Cary & Lippincott – Texas Collection Law Blog (Austin, TX)

• Eviction Tips in Travis County

Fears & Nachawati – Texas Bankruptcy Blog (Austin, Houston and San Antonio, TX)

• Lehman’s Bankruptcy Creates Questions over Major Austin Office Portfolio

Steven Sathers, Esq. – A Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog (Austin, TX)

• Random Thoughts From The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges–Day 2

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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 for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Rubber Links—The ABA and U.S. News Spread the Blame for Rising Law School Tuition”.

• 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

• Landlords as creditors: tenant insolvency
• Tenant Protections in Foreclosure
• Does Your Landlord have any Obligations to Mitigate Damages if You Breach Your Lease?
• Samsonite Files for Bankruptcy and Plans to Reject Up to 84 Store Leases
• When Red is the Color of the Season: Commercial Property Leases and Bankruptcy
• “Stub Rent” Considered Administrative Expense Obligation by Delaware District Court
• CVAs can compromise guaranteed landlords’ claims if IPs are careful
• Cathy Vance, Resident Guru, Calls Expansive Invocation of the In Pari Delicto Defense a “Jurisprudential House of Cards”
• Don’t Flub “Stub” Rent: Some Thoughts on Code Section 365(d)(3) from Yitzhak Greenberg
• Debtors: On Vacating the Premises, Take Your Goo With You!
• Landlords beware – post administration rent is an unsecured claim
• New Fannie Mae “Deed for Lease” Program May Be an Alternative to Foreclosure But It May Not Be the Best Choice for Many Homeowners

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Chapter 11 May Be a Good Option for “Land Rich, Cash Poor” Clients
• Eviction After Foreclosure: Is There An Automatic Stay?

CreditSlips.org

• Tenant Protections in Foreclosure
• Repo Madness

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• House Financial Services Committee Mark-up of Predatory Lending Bill

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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 for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “With the Links”.

• 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

A Clean Slate – the Bankruptcy Law Blog by Andy Winchell

• The “Alphabet Problem” For Dummies

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• Mortgages, Foreclosure, Morality
• Stopping Foreclosure When the Lender Says “NO!”
• Florida Mortgage Foreclosure and Liability
• A New Unexpected Cause of Foreclosure Examined
• Foreclosure: The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You?
• Foreclosure Update: the Good and the Bad
• What Is The Difference Between Surrendering A Home And Foreclosure?
• If I walk away from my underwater house, can I be sued for the deficiency?
• Foreclosures Likely to Top One Million This Year
• Minor late fees won’t trigger foreclosure
• ¡MORE!

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Foreclosure: Should You Embrace It?
• Avoid bankruptcy if not facing a mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgment
• Bankruptcy and Short Sales
• Bankruptcy And Foreclosure
• File Bankruptcy: Keep Your Home / Walk Away From Your Home
• Does Working On A Mortgage Modification Stop Foreclosure?

Beat the Press (Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research)

• Money for Failed Modifications Goes to Banks, Not Homeowners

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