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Brett Weiss
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Seniors and Student Loans--Stopping Collections
An increasing number of our seniors are faced with the same problems faced by many of our young adults: student loans. A recent PBS...
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Brett Weiss
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Bankruptcy and Student Loans
There are a lot of articles about whether and how student loans are dischargeable in bankruptcy. This isn't one of them. Instead, this...
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Brett Weiss
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
When Surrender Doesn't Mean Surrender
In bankruptcy, some words don't have their ordinary meanings. "Surrender" is one of these words. Many people who file bankruptcy...
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Brett Weiss
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
Security Clearances and Bankruptcy
Since I practice in the Washington, DC area, lots of my clients work for federal agencies, the military, and contractors who require a...
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Brett Weiss
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Brett Weiss to Speak at Small Business Reorganization Act Workshop
On May 21 and 22, 2020, Brett Weiss will be lecturing as part of a two-day intensive national webinar about the new Small Business...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Coronavirus and Bankruptcy
. These are not good times People dying. Massive disruptions to our lives. Economic calamity. The coronavirus has had an impact on...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
"Why Do You Need All This Stuff?"
My good friend, California Bankruptcy Attorney Cathy Moran, wrote a blog titled, “To Tell the Truth,” talking about all of the...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Do I Really Need a Lawyer to File for Bankruptcy?
I’ve taken over a number of cases where a debtor prepared and filed the various bankruptcy documents without the help of an attorney –...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
What Do We Actually Do For You?
We’re often asked by new clients what we actually do for them. I thought I’d put a short list together: We let you answer your phone...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Whatever Happened to Usury Laws?
Usury is defined in Webster’s as, “the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.” All states, including Maryland,...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Human Cost of Foreclosure
An article in the Washington Post, “What Gets Left Behind,” talks about one side of the human cost when a house goes to foreclosure. As...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Too Far Behind On Your Mortgage for a Chapter 13? Chapter 11 May Help!
Mortgage lenders have been delaying foreclosures for years for many people in Maryland and Washington. DC. As a result, the arrearages –...
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Brett Weiss
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Dave Ramsey vs. Bankruptcy
My colleague, Matt Berkus, a bankruptcy attorney in Denver, has written an excellent article discussing Dave Ramsey’s anti-bankruptcy...
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