It has been a while since I have reviewed the policy of our local utility, Rochester Gas and Electric, as to what they do when someone who owes them money files bankruptcy. My friend, attorney Christopher K. Werner, Esq. of Boylan Brown took the trouble of calling Kim...
Bankruptcy has always favored business debtors over consumer debtors. Bankruptcy Code Section 707(b) specifically reflects this: it allows consumer debt cases to be dismissed if abusive but not business debt cases. 'Abuse' usually means a debtor with sufficient income...
Census data will result in a revision in the applicable means test figures, effective March 15, 2011. The applicable median income in New York State after that date will be revised as follows: Single person: $46,295 Family of 2: $57,777 Family of 3: $68,396 Family of...
The most recently filed bankruptcy case filed in the Rochester Division of the Western District of New York (today, March 2) is the 349th case filed in 2011. Bankruptcy case filings were way down in the first three weeks of January, as attorneys were holding off...