{Consumer Bankruptcy Tips}

You may have recently heard news about the Credit CARD Reform Act of 2009.  It just went into effect on February 22, 2010 and is intended to provide various protections to consumers to combat the wily tricks of the credit card companies. Here’s a great cartoon video (which I saw posted on the Center for [...]

The New York Times had a great February 11 article in its Real Estate section (“Mediating in Slow Motion”) that highlights the challenges of fighting foreclosure in Connecticut.  The article features my clients and does a great job of examining the effectiveness (and lack of effectiveness) of Connecticut’s foreclosure mediation program. (Appropriate commentary from BAPCPA [...]

You may have already come across the Bankruptcy Bill and BAPCPA Man cartoons either on a previous post this blog or elsewhere. Well, now the site may also be the best source for bankruptcy songs as well.  That’s right, bankruptcy songs.  Thanks to Bankruptcy Bill’s Bankruptcy Song Contest, which just posted the songs and lyrics [...]

The “automatic stay” is a very important (and beneficial) bankruptcy concept for any Connecticut residents to understand if they’re contemplating bankruptcy.  It’s essentially like calling a time-out in your financial affairs. Perhaps an easy way to think about it is, the moment you file for bankruptcy, the automatic stay goes into effect “automatically” and it [...]