Articles Posted in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Retail sales are up 7.9% from December 2009 to December 2010. Although retail sales increased only .6% in December from November and were lower than expected, retail sales are now above the pre-recession peak in November 2007. Initially this appears good right? Bankruptcy rates in Florida and elsewhere should start…

In a recent study by Stetson University College of Law in Pinellas County, Florida soon to be published by the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, entitled The Elderly in Bankruptcy and Health Reform, the most cited reason for financial difficulties of the elderly as reported by Florida attorneys…