Struggling con­sumers in­creasingly are seeking finan­cial help from online lenders, but consumer lawyers warn the relief may be only temporary. High interest rates and fees, levied through relentless bank with­drawals, sometimes bring consumers to the bankruptcy they hoped to avoid, ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Keith L. Phillips U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A government contractor that faced federal charges after disregarding lawyers’ advice on use of prohib­ited employees failed to prove a legal malpractice claim against its law firm, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The decision absolved a now-defunct Washington firm of ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Brian F. Kenney U.S. Bankruptcy Court

A recently launched net­work of bankruptcy law­yers billed as a “nation­wide online law firm” is under fire in a Virginia court. A regional U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee is suing a network of entities operating as “UpRight Law,” including two of the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Darren Delafield John C. Morgan Jr. Judge Paul M. Black U.S. Bankruptcy Court UpRight

Although plaintiff has received a chapter 7 discharge, her bankruptcy case has been reopened and the bankruptcy trustee may pursue debtor’s Title VII claim against defendant community college, which debtor did not disclose in her earlier bankruptcy proceeding; the Norfolk ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation among multiple parties over current ownership of a gas estate owned by Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, which went bankrupt in 1928, the Abingdon U.S. District Court grants an application for enhanced fees of $325,000 to the lawyer ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

In light of the Abingdon U.S. District Court’s approval of a settlement to determine ownership shares of gas interests, under which a bankruptcy estate will receive approximately $2 million of gas royalties currently held in escrow by the Virginia Gas ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

In this dispute between a receiver appointed by the bankruptcy court in a company’s chapter 7 proceeding and a creditor that took charge of certain collateral under a management agreement with the receiver, the creditor loses its challenge to the ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After debtor received multiple opportunities to comply with bankruptcy court directives, the bankruptcy court did not err in lifting the automatic stay and dismissing her chapter 13 petition, says a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court. Court orders The bankruptcy court dismissed petitioner’s ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Good judges, good law­yers and a well-oiled legal system are prov­ing to be an attractive combination at the U.S. Bankrupt­cy Court in Richmond. Struggling corporations seeking sanc­tuary from creditors are coming to Rich­mond in greater numbers these days, passing by ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Gymboree Judge Keith L. Phillips Judge Kevin R. Huennekens Patriot Coal Corporation Penn Virginia Corporation U.S. Bankruptcy Court Richmond

The 4th Circuit says a bankruptcy court did not err in denying Wells Fargo’s motion to set aside a bankruptcy court order cancelling the bank’s deed of trust on a real estate parcel, filed two years after the property was ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Bankruptcy Judge Allyson K. Duncan