Melanie I. Wiener writes: Brave creditors who venture into Surrogate's Court often face costly and practical obstacles (i.e., proving a debtor's genealogy) and ineffective enforcement mechanisms (i.e.

for Van Horn Law Group, P.A. Household debt rose .6% in the first quarter of 2021 — and it’s likely to grow. With job losses, medical bills and rising costs for everything from food to housing, it’s ...

When a business's customer fails to pay his or her debts, the business (as a "creditor" to which the debt is owed) has several available remedies to help collect the money from the customer (as ...

Conducting business with a financially distressed or bankrupt entity can be a risky proposition. Knowing your rights as a creditor and when to timely engage a creditors’ rights attorney may be the ...

Recent Delaware case law clarifies that secured creditors do not lose priority by inaction after default, favoring the “trace and recapture” approach. The court emphasized that rights depend on the ...

Career mentors: The Hon. Douglas O. Tice Jr., retired chief judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Lynn L. Tavenner, Esquire, the other founding member ...

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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Career mentors: Judge Bonney, who helped me to understand the bankruptcy process, and Ross Reeves, one of the smartest people I’ve had the privilege to know. What trends are you seeing in bankruptcy ...