Bankruptcy Blog
Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By By Steve Sink, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Eastman Kodak Co. , running short of cash and unable to sell 1,100 digital imaging parents that could have rescued it, filed Thursday for ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By TERRY SAVAGE tsavage@suntimes.com
Here they come — the post-holiday credit card bills. They’re a potent reminder of the cost of the holiday season. In just the one week before Christmas, it’s estimated that Americans ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Maggie Shader (consumerreports.com)
Banks will continue to experiment with fee increases in the New Year, according to our own analysis and industry experts, as they attempt to make up billions in lost revenue due to the bad economy and ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Rich Williams Higher Education Advocate, U.S. PIRG (Huff Post)
President Obama took a bold and important step this week, standing up for student consumers by making a recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Lynn Oldshue (
The holiday presents have been unwrapped and most of us received at least one gift card. Now is the time to shop with these cards while they are still fresh in our hands. The National Retail ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Haley
PRICE LAW GROUP CLIENT ALERT: YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER $5000 FROM CREDITORS AND DEBT COLLECTORS WHO SPOKE TO YOU ON THE TELEPHONE! The Price Law Group has teamed up with consumer class action ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Haley
The holiday season seems to entice us into overindulgence. Eating too much turkey or drinking too much spiced cider is one thing. Using your credit cards to purchase too many gifts is another. With ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Price Law Group
Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Price Law Group
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By By Diana Olick, CNBC.com
Home prices are highly seasonal, due to the different mix of homes that sell at different times of the year, but the latest reading for September shows home prices are under added pressure now; this ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Chris Isidore
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of foreclosures climbed in October, as mortgage lenders started to work through the paperwork problems that had delayed new filings for much of the last year. ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By By KATY STECH
The ice cream of the future is struggling to survive. After a four-year battle with its biggest lender, Dippin' Dots Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Stefanos Chen
When Shantell Curtis sold her Vernal, Utah, home last year, she expected, as a reasonable person might, that she'd paid her last mortgage payment on the house. But her lender, Bank of America, thought ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Price Law Group
Other Articles: Protecting Your Data Staycation Building and maintaining good credit is critical to planning and managing your finances. The higher your credit score, the lower your interest rate on ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Price Law Group
Other Articles: Protecting Your Data Credit Repair The Great American Road Trip used to be a vacation mainstay. But with rising gas and hotel prices - more and more people are embracing the idea of a ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Price Law Group
Other Articles: Staycation Credit Repair More than 100 million PlayStation users trusted Sony with their credit card numbers, passwords and other personal information - only to have it stolen by ...
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Posted on May 6, 2011 By Price Law Group
The Court of Appeal recently ruled in the case of a trust created by Eurofinance that British courts could recognize overseas insolvency proceedings made by courts in the United States. After the ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Price Law Group
Every year around February 14 th Men and Women everywhere are stumped as they try to dream up ways to make that special someone feel... well, special. With commercials constantly reminding us of ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Price Law Group
Fresno residents who owe credit card debt they can not pay or who avoid creditor calls may be able to get a fresh start by filing Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Many individuals become ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Dan Fitzpatrick
Few things agitate Sid Schulman, who often shoots the breeze with other retirees and flirts with female friends at their condominium complex in Lauderhill, Fla . But it galls him when neighbors stop ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By By Dan Fitzpatrick of The Wall Street Journal
From posting a list of homeowners delinquent on their maintenance fees to restricting their access to complex amenities, members of one Florida community draw a line in the sand as foreclosure woes ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Price Law Group
Banks are dragging their feet when considering so-called short sales, an increasingly prevalent type of real estate transaction in which lenders allow homes to be sold for less than what is owed on ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2010 By Price Law Group
Why commit bankruptcy fraud? Well, why not is the real question. The are numerous problems with the U.S. economy, but beyond the obvious is the problem inherent at banking and credit companies who ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By Price Law Group
Rising foreclosures rates is not news, nor is the high unemployment crippling many state economies. What is news is the highs we are hitting in terms of bankruptcy. Some of the statistics are quite ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2010 By Price Law Group
In a recent USA Today article by Christine Dugas, many points are made when filing for bankruptcy. While bankruptcy itself is not an inherently bad decision, it is not always the best one. This ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2010 By Price Law Group
In a recent article published on Reuters.com, Jonathan Stempel points out what has become obvious to many lawyers with full case loads and courts with backlogs: bankruptcies are still on the rise. ...
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