Update on New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation and Bankruptcy Debtors
Update on New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation and Bankruptcy Debtors

The New Jersey Bankruptcy Court issued the following press release regarding the New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation Program and Bankruptcy Debtors.  The information may also be viewed at http://www.njb.uscourts.gov/notice/2009_02_04_foreclosure.pdf. Information for Bankruptcy Debtors and Others Concerning The New Jersey Judiciary Foreclosure Mediation...

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Senate considering credit card reform bill to protect consumers from abusive credit card interest rate hikes and other practices this week
Senate considering credit card reform bill to protect consumers from abusive credit card interest rate hikes and other practices this week

The U.S. Senate is considering a credit card reform bill this week which is intended to protect consumers from retroactive rate hikes, which would not be regulated under new rules issued by the Federal Reserve, and other abusive, confusing, and...

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Senate Defeat of Legislation to Amend Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Modification of Mortgages On Debtors Principal Residence.
Senate Defeat of Legislation to Amend Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Modification of Mortgages On Debtors Principal Residence.

Senators have defeated an amendment offered by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act (S. 896) by a vote of 45 to 51 which would have amended Sec. 1322(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code...

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