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The 5th edition of the Bankruptcy Deadline Checklist, authored by Norman Pernick and edited by David Dean and Jonathan Grasso, has just been released by the American Bar Association

The Bankruptcy Deadline Checklist is a quick reference guide for those who handle bankruptcy cases including judges, lawyers, paralegals, credit managers, collection agents, professors, law students, and others.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Cole Schotz PC, Bankruptcy, American Bar Association
Effective December 1, 2015, most official bankruptcy forms will be replaced with revised, reformatted and renumbered versions; new official forms will be required in all bankruptcy cases

As part of a modernization project that was begun by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules in 2008, most of the Official Bankruptcy Forms will be replaced with substantially revised, renumbered and reformatted versions, effective December 1, 2015 (New Forms). The New Forms were approved by the Judicial Conference on September 17, 2015.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP, Bankruptcy
Mortgage holders, mortgage servicers will be significantly affected by recent rule changes

New amendments to the Bankruptcy Rules became effective on December 1, 2011.  These amendments add new requirements and potentially harsh penalties for failure to comply.  An overview of those amendments follows.

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USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Mortgage loan