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Statistics Show Many Bankruptcies Linked To Medical Bills

by admin | Aug 12, 2009 | Bankruptcy Articles

With the recent debate on health care reform causing uprisings at many town hall meetings held by congressmen in their home districts, it strikes me as funny that medical bills are involved in 60 percent of personal bankruptcy cases in 2007. Granted the reason many of...

Sotomayor Confirmed

by admin | Aug 6, 2009 | National Legal News

The U.S. Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 68 to 31 vote, meaning that a few Republicans supported President Barack Obama’s first nominee to the court. As the 111th justice she is the third woman appointed and the first hispanic to...

Golden Restaurants Files Bankruptcy

by admin | Jul 29, 2009 | Texas Legal News

A portion of the country’s largest Hispanic owned businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Fort Worth recently. Golden Restaurants, which operates 50 Golden Corral restaurants in six states, is seeking protection in bankruptcy court in order to keep the...

Evander Holyfield Saves Atlanta Home From Foreclosure

by admin | Jul 23, 2009 | National Legal News

I know that hearing about Evander Holyfield saving his home from foreclosure doesn’t do much to ease your financial worries. The truth is he saved his home by negotiating with the mortgage holder. The truth is he only delayed the foreclosure until August, and...

Beware Loan Modification Companies

by admin | Jul 20, 2009 | Bankruptcy Articles

I have recently come across several articles about so called “loan modification companies” that claim that they can help you renegotiate your bad mortgage and stay in your home. In some cases, like this one noted in the New York Times, the same people who...