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, “The Big Bubble Battle (Bart I): Enter the University“.

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

• Six Reasons Why It’s a Tough Time for Debt Collection Attorneys
• FTC Hails Victory Over Abusive Debt Collection Practices
• Can Credit Card Companies Trust the Collection Firms They Hire?
• Judge Seeks Creditors’ Attention With Discharge Violation Ruling
• February 2010 Western Dist. of KY Bankruptcy Court Memorandum-Opinion Summaries
• NYT: Judges Growing Frustrated With Dishonest Debt Collectors; Sanctions Imposed
• No jail time in debt collection
• ¡MORE!

CreditSlips.org

• Life Imitates Art (or at Least My Final Exam)
• Lying Is Wrong
• The Benefits of Being Litigious
• Private Tax Collection
• After Notice and a Hearing — One Out of Two Ain’t Bad?
• Courts as Creditors
• Operation Repo
• Maxed Out

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Another Supreme Court Victory for Consumers: Ignorance of the Law Doesn’t Excuse Collection Abuses
• Class Action Brought in Debt Collection Sewer Service Scandal
• Alaska Supreme Court Rejects Debt Collectors’ First Amendment Defense
• Debtor’s Prison in Indiana
• NY Attorney General Cuomo Sues to Vacate 100,000 Debt Collection Judgments
• AOL Posts “Debt Collection Horror Stories”
• Does Federal Law Bar Collecting Debts From the Dead?

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

• NACBA Amicus Project Assists with Brief on Debtor’s Right to Seek Determination of Dischargeability of Taxes

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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.

• 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

• Should I Do Debt Settlement?

CreditSlips.org

• Wanted: People with Good Credit for Low-Paying Jobs
• Experian and FreeCreditReport.com Sink to A New Low
• Does A Tarnished Credit Report Equal an Untrustworthy Employee?
• Bankruptcy Risk Scores

ALABAMA

Watts Law Group, P.C. and M. Stan Herring, P.C. – Alabama Consumer Law Blog (Birmingham, AL)

• Video on Five Step Process to Correct Credit Report Errors
• “Free” Credit Scores and Reports Still Not Entirely Free
• “New” Free Credit Report Rules
• Lawsuit Against Experian’s “Free” Credit Reports
• Tips to Clean Up Your Credit Score
• Lesser-Known Factors Affect Your Credit Report
• Legal Uses of A Credit Report
• Debt Collectors and Credit Reporting Agencies – Even Closer Now
• Mortgage Modifications Can Affect Credit Scores
• Credit Scores Can Impact Your Job Prospects
• Trade Ins Can Destroy Your Credit Score
• 5 Things That Ruin Credit

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

• Four Ways That Student Loan Debt Is Like a Tattoo

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• Proposed Bill Would Change Role of Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Handling Student Loans Outside of Bankruptcy
• Student Loan Disasters
• The Worst Debt You Can Have: Student Loans: Part I, Part II, and Part III
• What Can I Do about My Student Loans?
• Student Loans: Here’s the Best Way to Pay Them in a Chapter 13 Plan

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Student Loan “Undue Hardship” Must Exist at Time of Filing Bankruptcy Case
• $480,000 Student Loan Debt Disqualifies Applicant From Obtaining License to Practice Law
• More Student Loans, School Expenses Not Discharged in Bankruptcy
• Should You Tap Savings or Borrow for College?
• Student Loans: Paradise for Debt Scavengers
• Will Changes in Student Loan Law Help Me?
• Student Loan Forgiveness, Fact or Fantasy?
• What Is a College Degree Worth to a 45-year-old Woman?

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

• HAMP Mortgage Modification and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• HAMP Notes

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

• Money for Failed Modifications Goes to Banks, Not Homeowners

CreditSlips.org

• Redemption (of the 722 variety) for Struggling Homeowners
• Today’s Consumers Prefer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 3 to 1

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Mortgage Crisis Update: Treasury Tinkers with Failed HAMP Program, Delinquencies and Foreclosures Stubbornly Refuse to Go Away
• Latest HAMP Report: Treasury Program a Failure

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

• LifeLock Fined for Inappropriate Identity Theft Protection Claims
• FTC: Identity Theft Top Complaint in 2009; Potential Data Breach
• Financial News This Week: More Consumer Protection
• Medical Records in Bankruptcy Court
• Is Texting ‘HAITI’ to 90999 A Scam?
• Bankruptcy More A Girl Thing

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Protect Your Privacy in Bankruptcy – Redact!
• Better Business Bureau and Identity Theft Prevention—Not Just An Agency to Call to Complain
• Beware of Fake Debt Collectors
• Online Pay Lenders: The Next Wave of Identity Theft?
• My Social Security Number Is Protected During Bankruptcy, Right?
• Identity Theft Involving Children’s Social Security Numbers

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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 a Brooklyn-based attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

• A Closer Look at the Orleans Homebuilders Bankruptcy [via Delaware Bankruptcy Litigation]
• Hecker’s Troubles Signed, Unsealed, Delivered [via Bankruptcy Beat]
• Prosecutors Bring Bankruptcy Fraud Charges Against Hecker [via Bankruptcy Beat]
• Drama Continues for Death Row [via Bankruptcy Beat]
• The Daily Docket: Freedom Wins OK on Chapter 11 Plan [via Bankruptcy Beat]

ARIZONA

Brian Dault, Esq. (Dault & Associates PLLC) – Phoenix Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Chandler, AZ)

• College Football Star Files Bankruptcy, Surrenders Championship Ring

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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.

(In reverse order!)

GENERAL

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• Shortcomings of Credit CARD Act
• New Consumer Credit Card Rules Take Effect
• Eighty Percent Interest on a Credit Card
• ¡MORE!

Bankruptcy Law Network

• How Will The New Credit Card Laws Affect Me?
• Will New Credit Card Rules Cause a Spike in Bankruptcy?

CreditSlips.org

• Reflections on Credit CARD Act Day

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• New Credit Card Law Effective Tomorrow (Monday, February 22)

WISCONSIN

Jamie Miller, Esq. (Miller & Miller, LLC) – Milwaukee Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Milwaukee, WI)

• Soon You Will Really Know What It Really Takes to Pay Off Your Credit Card Debt

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

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 (he’s celebrating Day 2 of his New York license by providing you with more BLT).  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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.

(We begin from the middle!…)

GENERAL

CreditSlips.org

• The Other Underwater Loans: Negative Equity in Auto Finance
• Calling All Article 9 Supernerds—Negative Equity and State Law

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Car Sales Plummet after Cash-for-Clunkers Program Ends

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

• Eighth Circuit Allows Debtor to Claim Vehicle-Ownership Expense for Wholly-Owned Vehicle

NEVADA

Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)

• Five Warning Signs That You Are Headed for Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Myths

Black & LoBello Law Blog (Las Vegas, NV)

• Bankruptcy FAQ

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

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 very soon in New York (January 13, 2010!).  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

Bankruptcy Case Blog – St John’s University Law School

• Means Test Does Not Apply to Individual Chapter 11 Cases

Bankruptcy Law Network

• What is “Median family income” and why do I care? One of a series
• Should My Schedule I Income Always Match my Means Test Income Numbers?

ALABAMA

Collins & Hancock – Alabama Bankruptcy Blog (Cullman, AL)

• Do I Qualify to File a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in Alabama under the “New” Bankruptcy Laws?

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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 a licensed attorney in Wisconsin and soon in New York (January 13, 2010!).  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

National Bankruptcy Forum

• Why Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Has Your Second Mortgage Lender Feeling “Undersecured”

Bankruptcy Law Network

• No Modification for You!

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• HAMP Homeowners Stuck in Limbo

ALABAMA

Watts Law Group, P.C. and M. Stan Herring, P.C. – Alabama Consumer Law Blog (Birmingham, AL)

• Washington Post Article about DC Lawyer Writes about Foreclosure Defenses
• A Tragic Tale of a Mortgage Loan That Should Never Have Been And the Devastation It Caused a Family

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