The FDCPA and Bankruptcy One Year After Midland v. Johnson, Part III Does the Bankruptcy Code Implicitly Repeal the FDCPA?

Few word combinations sting a Trustee’s office quite like the one-two punch of “self-employed.” The “self-employed” debtor immediately faces additional concerns regarding feasibility.

Continuing your summer reading, Judge Norton shares with subscribers a three-part outline on zealous advocacy followed by a multi-part Addendum of case summaries broken into various categories. We believe you will enjoy this resource. This week we offer the second group of cases from the Addendum finishing up those dealing with behavior. Part 1 - History of Zealous Advocacy Part 2 - How Have Courts Discussed “Zealous Advocacy”? Part 3 - Practical Takeaways Part 4 – Case Summaries – Behavior

“Listening is the first principle of civility and the essence of our adversarial judicial system as Judge Scott Clarkson reminded us here. . . . Yet the temptation is for you as the attorney to talk and the client to listen.”

“Zombie mortgages are mortgages thought to be forgiven or satisfied long ago but still legally exist. These debts may have been written off by the lender and sold for pennies on the dollar to debt collectors.”

Trustee Hildebrand notes several ideas that may help some trusteeships in circuits governed by these rulings.