Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Publications

NC Mortgage Lenders and Servicers Beware:  New Statutory Requirements Are in Effect (April 23, 2008)

Negative Equity Financing of Vehicles – Bankruptcy Courts of North Carolina Split on Treatment of 910 Claims (February 1, 2008)

Cross-Border Insolvencies:  Can a Foreign Bankruptcy Affect Your Collection Efforts in the United States? (December 3, 2007) 

910 Claims: An Exception to Discharge (August 10, 2007) 

Selling on Credit - Five tips every businesswoman should know (reprinted from the Summer 2007 issue of Women in the Triangle magazine)

Repossessed Vehicles: Better to Give Back Than To Receive? (March 26, 2007)

The New “Ordinary Course” Defense to Preferences - The Code Giveth and the Code Taketh Away (February 13, 2007)

Deeds of Trust v. Perfected Materialmens' Liens:  Whose Interest is More Protected?  (January 5, 2007)

The New Administrative Claim For Suppliers (November 2, 2006)

Keeping Your Return of Goods - Creative Defenses in a Preference Action (September 13, 2006)

Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code:  Security Interests in Motor Vehicles (August 21, 2006)

Did You Know? Bankruptcy and Collection Tips - Who's Business is Ordinary? (August 2006) 

Don’t Violate The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Or North Carolina Law When Collecting Your Debt!  (July 20, 2006)

North Carolina's Identity Theft Law Reaches Far Beyond State Borders (June 29, 2006)

Vaccination Against Bad Debts:  What Creditors Can Do Up Front to Improve Collections (May 23, 2006)

Explanation of Preference Defenses (May 16, 2006)

Deleting That E-mail May Cost You Big Bucks:  New "Must Know" Rules of Document Preservation (May 2, 2006)

Intersection of Bad Check Prosecutions With the Bankruptcy Code’s Automatic Stay And Discharge Injunction (April 3, 2006)

New Rules for Creditors Committees Under BAPCPA (March 9, 2006)

Did You Know? Bankruptcy and Collection Tips - Using Confessions of Judgment and Release to Settle Troubled Credits (January 2006)

The New Bankruptcy Code:  Changes Impacting Commercial Lenders? (December 12, 2005)  

The New Bankruptcy Code: Bane Or Blessing For Business Creditors (December 12, 2005)

At Last - Lessors Gain Ground Under New Bankruptcy Law (November 2005) 

Pre-Petition Claims: Increased Protection for Suppliers (November 2005)

Did You Know? Bankruptcy and Collection Tips - Helpful Resources for Obtaining Corporate and Financial Information (October 2005) 

Creditors, Bare Your Swords!  Positive Changes to Preference Law Under BAPCPA (September 2005)

Consignment Sales Requirements Under Revised Article 9 (August 2005)

Damages Reined In For Truth In Lending Violations, But Beware of Increased Scrutiny of Lending Transactions (August 2005)

Did You Know? Bankruptcy and Collection Tips - Electronic Filing of Proofs of Claim (July 2005)  

Did You Know? Bankruptcy and Collection Tips  - Whether to File a Proof of Claim in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case (June 2005) 

Bankruptcy Bulletin (May 2005)

Extending Credit to a Business? Beware of FCRA Requirements for Obtaining Credit Reports (March 2005)

So You're Going to "Cram Down" My Car Loan - I Don't Think So! (February 2005)

You Think We Had Preference Problems Before! (February 2005)

Instructive Preference Decision Arises Out of the Roberds Bankruptcy Case (December 2004)

The "FACT Act" - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (September 2004)

Settlement Strategies: Minimizing Risk to Maximize Return (2004)

Death Knell for Critical Vendor? (June 2004)

Practice Pointers for Lenders: Traps in UCC and Tax Lien Filings (February 2004)

Preparing for the Dreaded Preference Complaint (January 2004)

Spousal Guarantees Can Get You In $$$ Trouble (September 2003)

Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing (June 2003)

Rights of Secured Creditors Upon Default Under UCC Revised Article 9

State Preference Law (Copyright 2002, American Bankruptcy Institute.  Reprinted with permission of the American Bankruptcy Institute.)  (Adobe Reader is required.)

Is Your Customer Insolvent Despite What His Financials Say?  Proving Solvency to Defeat Preference Claims (April 2003)

How Long Can You Go - In Foreclosure? (November 2002)

Bankruptcy Bulletin:  Accord and Dissatisfaction

Class Action Alert: Attorneys Fee Included in Chapter 13 Proof of Claim 

Decision Alert:  Credit Card Debt Dischargeability

Reclamation Packet

Magic Remedy For Sellers 
Reclamation Letter and Procedures