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I. Explanation of absolute priority rule Consumer debtors that do not qualify for protection under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, are left with filing under Chapter 11, where they will come face-to-face with the absolute priority rul… Read More

Through a Chapter 13 payment plan, a debtor may discharge multiple types of debt that cannot be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (a liquidation). Thus, if you qualify for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, and your debts would be nondischargeable in a Chap… Read More

An interesting article in Realtor.com explains why mortgage applications are sometimes denied. According to the article, a recent Federal Reserve study concluded that one out of every eight home loan applications (12%) ends in a rejection. The causes… Read More

According to an article posted today in the New York Times by Tara Segal Bernard, “[f]or a rapidly growing share of older Americans, traditional ideas about life in retirement are being upended by a dismal reality: bankruptcy.” According… Read More

According to a recent report by Morgan Stanley “market liquidity across assets is in decline” and “low liquidity were the fundamental triggers of the 2008 crisis.” Those bankruptcy practitioners that had first hand experience… Read More

According to Forbes magazine, “student loan debt is now the second highest consumer debt category – behind only mortgage debt – and higher than both credit cards and auto loans and according to Make Lemonade, there are more than 44… Read More

Economists have noted that the level of income inequality between the top 1% and the rest of the country is approaching levels last seen in 1928, which, of course, was just before the tragic financial meltdown that pre-dated, or even caused, massive… Read More

In Janice Faye Hopson v. Illinois Student Assistance Commission and U.S. Department of Education, Adv. No. 16 A 206, (Bankr. N.D. Ill. June 22, 2018), the court ruled against a chapter 7 debtor trying to discharge her student loans. The debtor was a… Read More