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		<title>Bankruptcy Filings Up in 2010 When Compared to 2009</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/06/23/bankruptcy-filings-up-in-2010-when-compared-to-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Yunghans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy filings for the year through May 2010 are up over 9% nationwide as compared to filings through the same time last year.  From January 2010 to May 2010 there were 136,142 consumer bankruptcy filings nationwide as compared to 124,838 at the same time last year.  The increase is likely attributed to the high unemployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy &amp; The Economy: A Valuable Session</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/05/06/bankruptcy-the-economy-a-valuable-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Schenz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loan modification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[William J. O'Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cleveland, Ohio &#8211; May 6, 2010
The William J. O&#8217;Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute, a part of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, is conducting a bankruptcy seminar offering an entertaining and comprehensive approach to the latest and best in the bankruptcy and insolvency arenas at the Marriott at Key Tower on May 12 and 13.  The two-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury Department Issues Guidelines for Use of HAMP in Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/30/treasury-department-issues-guidelines-for-use-of-hamp-in-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeowners Affordable Modification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13 Trustee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent post advised lenders and servicers of a strategy proposed by a prominent Chapter 13 Trustee to file bankruptcy and apply for a HAMP modification at the same time. To recap, theoretically, the servicer will lower the mortgage payments and a modification would be in executed within 60 days of filing the bankruptcy, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New HAMP Guidelines Announced Affecting Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/29/new-hamp-guidelines-announced-affecting-foreclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/29/new-hamp-guidelines-announced-affecting-foreclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Day</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeowners Affordable Modification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FHLMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FNMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TARP funds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 24, 2010, the Treasury Department announced new guidelines for handling pending or threatened foreclosure actions for lenders participating in the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) effective June 1, 2010. Lenders participating in HAMP include Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC) loans, lenders accepting TARP funds, and other lenders who voluntarily agree to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pandora’s Box Opens:  Chapter 13 Plans May Be Final Even If Contrary to the Bankruptcy Code</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/24/pandora%e2%80%99s-box-opens-chapter-13-plans-may-be-final-even-if-contrary-to-the-bankruptcy-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Schenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11 U.S.C. 523(a)(8)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[student loan debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student loan exception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court decision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Beth Ann Schenz, Esq. and Milan Kubat, Esq.
The Supreme Court admits that its decision from March 23, 2010, “is potential for bad-faith litigation tactics” by debtors. 
The Facts
A Chapter 13 debtor listed his student loan debt in his plan.  In the Chapter 13 plan, the debtor proposed to repay only the principal while the remainder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Rise</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/23/bankruptcy-filings-continue-to-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/23/bankruptcy-filings-continue-to-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hochheiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9th Circuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increase]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wwrbankruptcy.com/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 brought us increased bankruptcy filings. The number of filings approached the levels of 2004. 2009 saw 1.4 million consumer filings. Approximately 71% of the filings were Chapter 7’s and 28% were Chapter 13’s. Less than 1% were Chapter 11 filings.  The first two months of 2010 has seen a continuation in the increased number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Attorneys are “Debt Relief Agencies” Under BAPCPA</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/09/u-s-supreme-court-rules-that-attorneys-are-%e2%80%9cdebt-relief-agencies%e2%80%9d-under-bapcpa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt relief agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milavetz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wwrbankruptcy.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court yesterday in the case of Milavetz and Milavetz v. United States, it has now been held that attorneys who represent debtors and provide bankruptcy assistance are considered “debt relief agencies”, requiring them to include such a disclosure in any advertisements they make.  More importantly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Finds Indiana Curative Statute is Retroactive</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/08/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-decision-finds-indiana-curative-statute-is-retroactive/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/08/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-decision-finds-indiana-curative-statute-is-retroactive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Faulkner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Procedures & Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Indiana, as in most states, a mortgage must be properly acknowledged in order to be valid. This means that the notary present at the mortgage closing must make a written statement confirming that the notary witnessed the mortgagors sign the mortgage documents. If the notary acknowledgement is incomplete or improperly formatted, the mortgage is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debtors May Not Use Bankruptcy To Extend Expired State Court Deadlines</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/04/debtors-may-not-use-bankruptcy-to-extend-expired-state-court-deadlines/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/04/debtors-may-not-use-bankruptcy-to-extend-expired-state-court-deadlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monette Cope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extension of Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redemption period]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wwrbankruptcy.com/?p=304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lenders are faced with more and different challenges from debtors in these stressful financial times. One tactic being tried in Illinois is to use bankruptcy to attempt to extend a state court right of redemption on real estate in foreclosure.
Illinois Foreclosure law gives a mortgagor a specified and limited time to redeem a mortgage from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Bankruptcy Relief from Stay Forms to Take Effect in Northern District of Ohio</title>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/26/new-bankruptcy-relief-from-stay-forms-to-take-effect-in-northern-district-of-ohio/</link>
		<comments>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/26/new-bankruptcy-relief-from-stay-forms-to-take-effect-in-northern-district-of-ohio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motions for relief from stay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern District of Ohio]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wwrbankruptcy.com/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 23, 2010, it was announced that the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio will begin utilizing new forms for the filing of Relief from Stay Motions in Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and Chapter 11.  The forms will need to be used for any motions filed on or after April 1, 2010.
The [...]]]></description>
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