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Bankruptcies Down Locally and Nationally

Emile Harmon’s latest post. According to the Daily Press, federal bankruptcy filings have fallen to their lowest level in roughly seven years. From June 30th 2014 to the same date in 2015, the Administrative Office of US Courts reported 854,690 … Continue reading

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RadioShack Intellectual Property Rights

Emile Harmon’s latest post.   Following up from a recent post about RadioShack emerging from bankruptcy, last week a US bankruptcy judge allowed RadioShack to sell its company name and customer data for $26 million to General Wireless, an affiliate … Continue reading

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RadioShack Emerges from Bankruptcy

Emile Harmon’s latest post. According to the Wall Street Journal, the hedge fund Standard General LP has taken over RadioShack Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year, in a deal that pares the company down to 1,743 stores … Continue reading

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Detroit’s Exit Plan from Bankruptcy

Emile Harmon’s latest post. Two years ago, Detroit filed for Chapter 9, otherwise known as municipal bankruptcy protection. At the time of the filing, the city was eighteen billion dollars in debt. Now, the city has finalized an exit strategy … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Law

Emile Harmon’s latest post. “Uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcy” are justified by article 1, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Because bankruptcy procedure is extremely tedious and complex, it’s judicial process is held in specially appointed courts of … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Law and Student Debt

Emile Harmon’s latest post. Recently, there has been widespread discussion in the media and other outlets about the alarming amount of student loan debt being carried by Americans. One of the talking points that is being thrown around at the … Continue reading

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Student Loan Warning Signs

Emile Harmon’s latest post. When choosing student loan companies, you need to watch out for certain warning signs in order to ensure these companies aren’t taking advantage of you. Loans are complicated and can be tough to understand if you … Continue reading

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Filing Bankruptcy and the WARN Act

Emile Harmon’s latest post. The company, based in Reston, Simplexity, LLC ( also known as Wirefly.com and its other web properties) filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and also terminated its entire staff. Originally, the company’s plan was to quickly sell … Continue reading

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Eminent Domain and California Foreclosures

Emile Harmon’s latest post. We’ve seen the numerous assortment of foreclosures in the San Francisco Bay Area, revealing the “tale of two economies.” Zillow reports that home values are down by single-digit percentages. In contrast, in Richmond, across the bay, … Continue reading

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The Different Types of Bankruptcy Filings

Emile Harmon’s latest post. According to United States Bankruptcy Courts, there were 1,071,932 filings for bankruptcy across the total circuit and district courts of America. But while that number seems great, each filing wasn’t the same. The fact is that … Continue reading

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