The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) is the 100 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to filing for bankruptcy, because with limited exceptions income tax debts are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. The purpose of this post is to review the limited exceptions that enable individuals to discharge federal and state income taxes in Chapter 7, Cha ... Read More.
In a precedential opinion issued on June 30, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the lower court's dismissal of a putative class action complaint filed by a consumer against a law firm and its client for allegedly violating a provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") that prohibits a debt coll ... Read More.
It's the rare occasion that a prior recorded mortgage is held to be inferior to a subsequently recorded mortgage. But that was the ruling by the New Jersey Appellate Division in a decision published on June 17, 2015. Rosenthal & Rosenthal vs. Riker, Danzig, Sherer, Hyland & Peretti, L.L.P., (Docket No. A-2890-13T3 (App. Div. 2015). This ... Read More.