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The case of In re Lombardo, 2007 WL 1893206 (Bkrtcy.E.D.N.Y. 2007) involved a debtor who filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition listing as her major creditor her divorce lawyer. The debtor had executed a retainer agreement with the divorce lawyer that gave the lawyer a security interest in any equitable distribution to which the […]



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In the case of In re Tay-Kwamya, — B.R. —-, 2007 WL 1175890 (Bkrtcy.S.D.N.Y.,2007) the debtor filed a Chapter 7 case but did not provide “all payment advices.” The Chapter 7 Trustee filed a “Request for Dismissal of Case Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 521(i)(2) and General Order M-315″ and, in response, the Debtor filed […]



In the recently-decided case of Zelotes v. Adams, — B.R. —-, 2007 WL 638331 (D.Conn. 2007) a bankruptcy attorney brought a cause of action challenging the constitutionality of the Code provision added by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) prohibiting “debt relief agencies” from ever advising their clients to incur additional debt […]



The case of In re Hildreth — B.R. —-, 2007 WL 458066 (Bkrtcy.M.D.Ala. 2007) makes clear that a depository institution was properly served by first class mail addressed to an attorney, though the attorney in question had never entered formal appearance in bankruptcy case on bank’s behalf, where attorney appeared numerous times on bank’s behalf […]