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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Attorneys are “Debt Relief Agencies” Under BAPCPA</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>7th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Finds Indiana Curative Statute is Retroactive</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/08/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-decision-finds-indiana-curative-statute-is-retroactive/</link>
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		<title>Debtors May Not Use Bankruptcy To Extend Expired State Court Deadlines</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/03/04/debtors-may-not-use-bankruptcy-to-extend-expired-state-court-deadlines/</link>
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		<title>New Bankruptcy Relief from Stay Forms to Take Effect in Northern District of Ohio</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/26/new-bankruptcy-relief-from-stay-forms-to-take-effect-in-northern-district-of-ohio/</link>
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		<title>Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Court Announces Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Scott D. Fink, Esq.
In a recent open meeting between Judges, the Clerk of Courts and practitioners in the Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Court (which covers Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown), it was announced that the Court’s budget had been finalized and that the sum of approximately $8 million was being allocated to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/25/northern-district-of-ohio-bankruptcy-court-announces-budget/</link>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy filings for January 2010 are up 15% from January 2009.  There were a total of 102,600 bankruptcy filings in January 2010 as compared to 89,000 in January 2009.  Overall in 2009 there were a total of 1,434,600 bankruptcy cases filed.  These figures are approaching the record set in 2005 when over 1,600,000 cases were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/24/bankruptcy-filings-continue-to-increase/</link>
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		<title>How To Avoid Sanctions When Filing A Proof of Claim Where There is A Lack of Documentation Supporting The Claim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent case decided in the sixth circuit court of appeals outlines what is considered “reasonable” inquiry under Rule 9011(b) and what documentation is required to support a proof of claim filed which is not listed on the bankruptcy petition.  Rule 9011(b) requires when filing documents with the court, the party filing is, “certifying that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/19/how-to-avoid-sanctions-when-filing-a-proof-of-claim-where-there-is-a-lack-of-documentation-supporting-the-claim/</link>
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		<title>Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Amended December 1, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Holly C. Thurman, Associate
The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure were amended effective December 1, 2009.  Throughout the rules, the deadlines and time periods that have been amended are modified in the following manner:
∙ 5 day periods become 7 day periods
∙ 10 day periods become 14 day periods
∙ 15 day periods become 14 day periods
∙ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/10/federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure-amended-december-1-2009/</link>
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		<title>Commercial Real Estate Slump Likely To Result In Uptick In Bankruptcy Filings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the commercial real estate market in a continued pattern of free fall, coupled with the still-lagging economy overall, creditors are likely to see a continued increase in overall bankruptcy filings for the foreseeable future.  For every strip mall or office park that watches as long-time, valued tenants vacate their spaces, there are landlords who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/10/commercial-real-estate-slump-likely-to-result-in-uptick-in-bankruptcy-filings/</link>
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		<title>Business Bankruptcies:  Outlook for 2010 and What You Should Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While they became stronger in 2009 (yes they became stronger), the financial institutions were more willing to write off the bad debts of companies and were less likely to restructure debts when companies became delinquent.  The result became a substantial increase in business bankruptcy filings in 2009.  The number of businesses filing for bankruptcy in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wwrbankruptcy.com/2010/02/05/business-bankruptcies-outlook-for-2010-and-what-you-should-know/</link>
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