By Bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 5, 2007 in Role Of The Lawyer | 0 Comments
Jonathan Alper in the Florida Asset Protection Blog has a great post on how standard off the shelf LLC and estate planning forms by non-experts will generally not protect your assets from lawsuits.
A well- conceived asset protection plan can fail because attorneys use standard, off-the-shelf business forms to create legal entities to hold [...]
By Jay Fleischman, New York Bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 5, 2007 in Credit Reports | 1 Comment
That was a trick question. The Credit Repair Organizations Act recognizes that people have an interest in keeping their credit reports accurate and updated. The law also realizes that many people seek assistance from companies that offer to correct those errors.
But the waters are shark-infested. People with credit problems need to be protected from companies [...]
By Bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 5, 2007 in General Bankruptcy Information | 1 Comment
If you listen to people like Professor Todd Zywicki, a law school professor who featured prominently among the voices clamoring for the adoption of the curiously-named Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, you might get the impression that people aren’t ashamed enough of filing for bankruptcy. See the abstract of this 1999 paper he [...]
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