As reported in the New York Times today, the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing rules that would empower the Bureau to regulate the biggest consumer collection agencies, law firms and debt buyers, as well as big credit reporting companies....
Month: February 2012
Month: February 2012
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Paul Warren Anticipated as Next Rochester Bankruptcy Judge – BREAKING NEWS!
I can report that, based upon reliable sources of information, it appears that Paul R. Warren, Esq., the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, will shortly be appointed the next bankruputcy judge for the Rochester Division of the...
Scribner interviewed by Ch. 13 on Student Loan Debt
Rochester's Channel 13 news interviewed me two days ago on the issue of student loans and bankruptcy. Here's the link. As I have stated in previous blogs, we (bankruptcy attorneys) do not have much to offer student loan debtors. A hardship discharge in bankruptcy is...