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Credit card “overspending” parallels housing crisis

By Cathy Moran

Forbes has compiled a list of cities where credit card spending is highest. My scan of the list suggests that this list is simply another version of the areas of the country where housing is in trouble.  Homeowners with outsized mortgage payments rely on credit cards to make up the difference needed to support the […]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights

Taking my own advice Part Two

By Cathy Moran

The return receipt on my “do not contact” letter to ATT arrived at my office showing receipt on July 6th. Between July 7 and July 10, we got seven calls at home about the disputed account; on July 12th, we got a call from NCO who announce that the account has been turned over to […]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights, True Stories, Uncategorized

The Price of Keeping the Car

By Cathy Moran

Car manufacturers lobbied Congress to make it harder for debtors to keep their cars through bankruptcy.  And they got what they sought. In Chapter 7, that was accomplished by eliminating the “ipso facto” clause, which said that merely filing bankruptcy was not a breach of the purchase contract. The expectation was that debtors would reaffirm […]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights

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About The Soapbox

You've arrived at the Bankruptcy Soapbox, a resource of bankruptcy information and consumer law.

Soapbox is a companion site to Bankruptcy in Brief, where I try to be largely explanatory and even handed (Note I said "try").

Here, I allow myself to tell stories and express strong opinions on how I think law should work for the consumer and small businesses when it comes to debt.

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Speak Fluent Bankruptcy: Guide To Essential Bankruptcy Terms

Bankruptcy has its own language.  If you are considering filing bankruptcy, it helps to know the language spoken there. Master just a couple of words and phrases, and input from a bankruptcy lawyer starts to make sense. So, in our continuing campaign for better understanding of bankruptcy, here's a dozen … Read more

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