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  2. History of bankruptcy law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1986 Act applies to cases filed since November 26, 1986. The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 is effective as to cases filed on or after October 22, 1994. The reform act and the case law interpreting its provisions have a great impact upon the mortgage banking industry and the servicers of mortgage loans.

  3. Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 - Wikipedia

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    The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–598, 92 Stat. 2549, November 6, 1978) is a United States Act of Congress regulating bankruptcy. The current Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 1978 by § 101 of the Act which generally became effective on October 1, 1979.

  4. Bankruptcy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Originally, bankruptcy in the United States, as nearly all matters directly concerning individual citizens, was a subject of state law. However, there were several short-lived federal bankruptcy laws before the Act of 1898: the Bankruptcy Act of 1800, [3] which was repealed in 1803; the Act of 1841, [4] which was repealed in 1843; and the Act of 1867, [5] which was amended in 1874 [6] and ...

  5. 2020 in Review: Iconic US Businesses That Filed for Bankruptcy

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    As 2020 comes to a close, take a look back at the iconic American businesses that filed for bankruptcy this year. Last updated: Dec. 14, 2020 The Ann Taylor storefront in Tysons Corner Center ...

  6. Student loans: Bipartisan bankruptcy reform bill proposes ...

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    Jason Iuliano, associate professor of law at the University of Utah and an expert on student loan bankruptcy law, told Yahoo Finance that the bill's 10-year waiting period was noteworthy.

  7. Bankruptcy petition preparer - Wikipedia

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    A bankruptcy petition preparer is a person who is not an attorney or an employee of an attorneys who prepares a document for filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for another person. Bankruptcy petition preparers are authorized in the bankruptcy code under 11 U.S.C. §110, [ 1 ] but are limited in the services that they provide direct to ...

  8. $50 billion of student debt could be entitled to automatic ...

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    The report by the Student Borrower Protection Center is the first estimate of how much private student loan debt may be dischargeable in bankruptcy.

  9. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, which included an amendment of 28 U.S.C. § 158 (the statute governing appeals in bankruptcy cases) to require all circuits to establish a BAP unless the judicial council of a circuit found that (1) there were insufficient judicial resources in the circuit to do so, or (2) the ...