Consumer Bankruptcy

Judicial Discretion to Find Abuse under 707(b)(3)

[T]here is nothing wrong with the means test. People who make high incomes–lawyers, doctors and accountants are examples–and file bankruptcy, wiping out all their debts, who don't care who got hurt by their failure to pay and they care only about themselves, this will

Consumer Bankruptcy Jan 11, 2017

The Coming Exodus of Consumer Counsel

As H.R. 975, the "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003" (the Act), inches toward almost inevitable enactment, two questions are on the minds of many bankruptcy professionals. First, why single out consumer debtors and not all individuals for