Dec/Jan 2001

Creditors Beware Tying Reaffirmations to New Credit Can Violate Automatic Stay

Tying approval of a debtor's reaffirmation of mortgage debt to the reaffirmation of other unsecured debt violates the automatic stay, according to a recent decision in the First Circuit. In re Jamo, 262 B.R. 159 (1st Cir. BAP 2001). The rem…

TM Timothy D. Moratzka

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Dec
2001

Consumer Bankruptcy

Financing the American Dream

Financing the American Dream, subtitled "A Cultural History of American Credit," takes a hard look at the effect that consumer credit facilities have on the social values in modern American culture. The author, an assistant professor of his…

LC Lendol Calder RS Romaine S. Scott

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Dec
2001