Archive for August, 2009

Starting today, Thursday August 20th, banks must start complying with part of the Credit Card Act of 2009.  Some of the initial requirementsare that banks must mail monthly bills at least 21 days before payment is due on the card, and by providing at least 45 days notice before making any significant changes to interest rates or fees.  In the past credit card companies were allowed to send bills out with as little as 14 days notice prior to the bill being due and only had to provide 15 days notice prior making changes in fees or interest rates. The…

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Preferences Could Cause Delay

A precept in bankruptcy is generally that unsecured creditors should be treated similarly in your bankruptcy case.  For example, if you have ten credit cards and file for bankruptcy, each of the credit cards will get, if anything, the same amount — regardless of the amount that is owed on each specific card.  Thus we run into problems when clients favor one creditor over another, and this is especially true when the favored creditor happens to be a relative or business partner, prior to the filing of a bankruptcy case. The bankruptcy code provides that the trustee assigned to your bankruptcy…

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Perhaps you have found this post and are one of many Americans faced with the possibility of foreclosure on your home. If this is the case, a foreclosure attorney in Arizona at Jackson White can help. Please call us at 877-612-9872 to set up a free consultation with a foreclosure attorney. Home foreclosures climbed to a record high for the third time in five months this past July.  July 2009 foreclosure rate was up 32%  when compared to the same time the previous year and up nearly 7% from June 2009.  Arizona is third in the nation behind Nevada and…

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