News & Blog Updates

I was having lunch the other day with a friend of mine at a small coffee shop near my bankruptcy law office in Bloomington, Indiana. Harry was stirred up by my blog about the government package of tax rebates designed Read More

When people first begin to face up to the reality that they may need to consider filing bankruptcy, they have one giant fear that sometimes they’re afraid to share even with me, their bankruptcy attorney. Maybe they heard or read Read More

In talking with dozens of people each week in my different Indiana bankruptcy law offices, I find they have lots of questions about how hard it might be for them to open a new credit card or to obtain a Read More

Not two weeks have passed since Congressional leaders came to an agreement with the White House on a two-part stimulus package designed first to put money into the hands of consumers that they, in turn, will spend, thus boosting our Read More

Negative economic news seems to arrive every day lately, doesn’t it? Housing is weak, construction jobs are falling, and gasoline prices don’t offer any comfort. The Bloomberg News ran a gloomy-sounding headline: “Markets Force Fed To Make A Big, Risky Read More

Norwegians are used to winters when the sun doesn’t rise, but three Norwegian municipalities that invested in debt securities from the United States are bitterly disappointed that the value of those securities didn’t rise. The special debt securities packages that Read More

Just as the president of our country was announcing his plan to help American families avoid a financial downslide by giving them tax rebates and by putting caps on mortgage rate increases, the Ministry of Justice in Great Britain was Read More

There’s an ongoing discussion about whether there is a link between how strict or lenient the bankruptcy laws are in a country and how entrepreneurial the culture is in that country. Some theorists say that where there are more small Read More

Activity is beginning to heat up at the Indiana Statehouse, as the January deadline for committee work approaches. As a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana, I always have my ear to the ground for issues having to do with consumers and Read More

In “Is It Really Over When It’s Over?”, I wrote about the fact that creditors must cease collection attempts once bankruptcy is filed. All too often, however, creditors don’t follow the rules! Creditors who pursue borrowers for additional money after Read More

Most people, if they think about gold at all, think of Olympic skating medals or about jewelry for special birthday or anniversary gifts. But the price per ounce of gold is a very important and closely watched number in economic Read More

It’s interesting, the parallels you can find between different areas of life. Forbes Magazine, in its first issue of the year, ran a feature article about a stock “guru” named George Putnam, who recommends buying stocks of companies that have Read More