BY CORREY E. STEPHENSON  BridgeTower Media Newswires  A little-known quirk of bankruptcy law in North Carolina is garnering national attention as courts across the country debate whether the different treatment afforded debtors in the state’s bankruptcy courts violates the U.S. Constitution.  The issue ...

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        Once you have crunched the numbers and decided there’s no point in negotiating with your creditors — either because there are too many of them or they refuse to negotiate — you have to consider whether a bankruptcy filing is ...

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Last week’s column on the new small-business bankruptcy law (known as Subchapter V) generated a ton of email responses, most of which asked for guidance on whether a small business should consider a bankruptcy filing under the new law as ...

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LendingTree®, the nation’s leading online loan marketplace, released its study on the costs bankruptcy experienced by individuals who have filed for bankruptcy and the effect on an individual’s credit. The report found that consumers who recently filed for bankruptcy aren’t ...

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LendingTree has released the findings of its study on the cost of bankruptcy. The findings show that while a prior bankruptcy can make it more expensive to borrow, it’s certainly not impossible to qualify for credit. If borrowers wait to apply for ...

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A three-judge panel has reversed a lower court’s ruling that reduced the damages owed by a former billionaire real estate mogul in the bankruptcy of a Montana resort for the ultrarich. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court ...

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For would-be homeowners struggling to secure a loan, seller financing can be an alternate route into a new house. Like a rent-to-own contract (and controversial precisely for that reason), the buyer gets the keys in exchange for a monthly mortgage ...

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WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court will decide whether homeowners who declare bankruptcy can void a second mortgage if the home’s market value has dropped below the amount they owe on their first mortgage. The justices said Monday they will consider ...

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DEAR MR. BERKO: I am 43 and worked 16 years for the same company. I lost my job in January 2010 because the company automated its production and moved jobs overseas to reduce labor costs. I was making over $92,000 ...

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A court has approved the bankruptcy reorganization plan of The Dolan Co., a business and legal publisher that is the parent company of The Mecklenburg Times, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The company anticipates emerging from ...

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