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Monthly Archives: September 2007



The recent case of In re Mu’Min, 2007 WL 2791364 (Bkrtcy.E.D.Pa. 2007) the court held that the refusal of University of Pennsylvania to provide a transcript to a debtor, due to the existence of an unpaid, student loan debt that is nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. ยง 523(a)(8), violates the automatic stay provision of the Bankruptcy […]



In the case of Munoz v. Pipestone Financial, LLC, Civil No. 04-4142 (JNE/SRN) (D.Minn. 8/30/2007), the Plaintiff claimed that Pipestone Financial, LLC, and Messerli & Kramer, P.A., (collectively, Defendants) violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by attempting to collect interest at an impermissible rate, misrepresenting their entitlement to attorney fees, and using envelopes […]



Many lawyers and debtors have asked over the years, “How small is too small?” In other words, what are the odds of a trustee seizing a vehicle with $500 of non-exempt equity?
In the past, the answer was clear-cut; in my home courts, a trustee usually wouldn’t bother with a small asset because it just […]



The latest installment of ABI podcast chats is available ABI World Web site. This edition of the ABI podcast features an interview by ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano with Prof. Todd J. Zywicki of the George Mason University School of Law about his perspectives on bankruptcy, including the relationship between medical debt and bankruptcy. The […]