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Justia Legal Resources: Foreclosure Law Center

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A homeowner who has a defense to foreclosure can raise the defense in response to the lawsuit. A homeowner who has a defense would need to file a new lawsuit in court. Can Filing for Bankruptcy Save Your Home? Filing for bankruptcy triggers an “automatic stay,” which brings a temporary halt to foreclosure activities.

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Justia Legal Resources: Debt Relief & Management Legal Center

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However, Chapter 7 bankruptcies usually remain on the report for 10 years. How Can I Fight a Debt Collection Lawsuit? Some common defenses to debt collection lawsuits involve procedural rather than substantive arguments. Here are some common questions to which this resource provides basic answers.

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Justia Legal Resources: Consumer Protection Law Center

Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

A credit reporting agency also can keep information about a bankruptcy in the consumers file for 10 years. Can I Get Rid of Student Loan Debt Through Bankruptcy? You usually cannot get a discharge of your student loan debt through bankruptcy. However, this seven-year period runs from the date of payment for a tax lien.

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Lessons from Aristotle: How to Write Persuasively and Build Your Personal Brand

Attorney at Work

When writing a bio, blog post, or practice area description, replace bald assertions about your expertise and credibility (“trustworthy,” “skilled,” “experienced”) and instead provide examples that allow your readers to draw these conclusions about you on their own. Have you successfully defended significant lawsuits?

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What To Do When Your Client Doesn’t Pay: Dealing With Non-Paying Legal Clients

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In this blog, we will discuss a few ways in which you can deal with clients that don’t pay. You can mention something like “to avoid any further action” or civil lawsuit. It is time to send a final demand letter before you file a lawsuit. If your client has filed for bankruptcy.

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What To Do When Your Client Doesn’t Pay: Dealing With Non-Paying Legal Clients

CaseFox

In this blog, we will discuss a few ways in which you can deal with clients that don’t pay. You can mention something like “to avoid any further action” or civil lawsuit. It is time to send a final demand letter before you file a lawsuit. If your client has filed for bankruptcy.

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The B r, The Searcher, and The Researcher – Damien Riehl on the Dynamic Shift in How the Legal Profession Will Leverage Standards and Artificial Intelligence

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

It works like Amazon’s product tags, where a user can search for a specific area of law, such as patent law, and then choose between various services such as advice, registration, transactional, dispute, or bankruptcy services. That’s a dispute tech, and then I deal with patent assets in bankruptcy, that’s the bankruptcy service tech.