I team up with consumer lawyer Mike Cardoza to identify your rights against debt collectors and then to preserve those claims through bankruptcy. The longer you resisted filing bankruptcy, the more likely that you’ve endured harassing encounters with debt collectors. And the more encounters you have with debt collectors, the more likely that you’ve been […]
20 Years Of Bankruptcy In Brief
Twenty years ago this month, Soapbox’s parent website, Bankruptcy In Brief, went live with four pages of basic bankruptcy information. My law partner quietly thought writing about law for the internet was off base. My lawyer colleagues thought I was giving away the store. I persisted (which wasn’t then a catch phrase) because I was […]
The Unexpected Loss When Tax Returns Filed Late
File your tax returns really late and you may lose out on credit for toward your Social Security. Betcha didn’t know there was a connection between income taxes and your Social Security benefits. This was a new one for me. I’ve written often about the negative consequences of putting off filing tax returns. But Harvard Law professor […]
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