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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 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 ...

  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were several short-lived federal bankruptcy laws before the Act of 1898: the Bankruptcy Act of 1800, [3] which was repealed in 1803; the Act of 1841, [4] which was repealed in 1843; and the Act of 1867, [5] which was amended in 1874 [6] and ...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. 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.

  6. Bankruptcies were significant in 2024; here are some of the ...

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    The budget airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, facing over $1 billion in looming debt payments and accumulating more than $2.5 billion in losses since 2020.

  7. US bankruptcy filings on pace to reach highest level since 2020

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    According to a report released by S&P Global Market Intelligence, there were 591 bankruptcy filings as of Nov. 30 this year, just behind 2020's tally of 603 in the same period. By comparison ...

  8. List of acts of the 106th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act: To reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing industry Pub. L. 106–210 (text) 106-211: May 26, 2000 (No short title) An act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the program for American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities under part A of title III

  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 ...