financial crisis

Weather forecasters gave us Rhode Islanders fair warning that we would be experiencing the worst rain storm in over one-hundred years. We even made national news. Small streams were overwhelmed, the water table rose, and property owners that never before worried about such things were forming lines outside Lowe’s and Home Depot hoping to buy [...]

Professor Elizabeth Warren Explains the Mess We’re In

by Russell A. DeMott, Charleston Bankruptcy Lawyer

If you don’t know who Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren is, you should. She’s a plain-speaking champion of the American consumer and a noted authority on bankruptcy law. Jon Stewart recently hosted her as a guest on “The Daily Show.”  In addition to being funny, this interview is highly informative. Once you know something [...]

Financial Crisis – Money Plan

by Karen Oakes, Southern Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney

A recent article in AARP The Magazine discusses “How to get ready for the worst that could happen“.   Kathy Kristof, a syndicated personal-finance columnist and author (“Investing 101“) writes about the major life events that cause money crisis in Americans’ lives and provides suggestions on how to handle the crisis. Job Loss: Imagine the worst – Spencer [...]

The banks and our government continue to cover up the fraud

by Chip Parker, Jacksonville Bankruptcy Attorney

In a fascinating interview, William K. Black, author of THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK IS TO OWN ONE, describes to Bill Moyers the greatest fraud in the history of our country – the collapse of the American Economy. Although my Mortgage Law Network colleagues and I have been closely following the unwinding of [...]