Finance and Banking

Courts Disagree on Necessity for Court Approval of New Debt in Chapter 13

To protect debtors from unscrupulous lenders, courts drive up the cost of chapter 13.

Eleventh Circuit Rules Against Debt Collectors, Deepening Split of Circuits on the FDCPA

Appeals court finds no ‘irreconcilable conflict’ between the FDCPA and the Bankruptcy Code.
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