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WHOOPS! BANK OF AMERICA DID IT AGAIN

19.10.13

When the federal government and the five major banks announced their $25 billion mortgage settlement in February 2012, commentators noted that there would not be a lot of money for the victims of the foreclosure debacle. Still, they said, the agreement had an important component: rules designed to f...

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MARYLAND CAN SURVIVE THE SHUTDOWN, WITH A LITTLE HELP

By Gilman & Edwards

13.10.13

12:18 AM

First the sequester, now the shutdown. Federal employees in Maryland are beginning to feel as if they will never get a break from financial limbo. It is hard, a friend of ours said, to go over your grocery bills and count pennies even though you have a good job that pays well and that you love. Furlo...

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WHAT HAPPENS TO STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS DURING CHAPTER 13?

By Gilman & Edwards

05.10.13

12:17 AM

Over the last several months, the subject of student loan debt has become a hot topic of discussion. As people struggle with overwhelming education-related debt, they might feel as though they can’t do much about it. Under current bankruptcy laws, student loans cannot be included in filings, so much...

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REPORT: PAYDAY LOANS LEAD TO 'ENDLESS CYCLE OF DEBT'

By Gilman & Edwards

30.09.13

12:15 AM

A recent report from the Center for Responsible Lending makes us grateful that Maryland is among the states that has banned payday loans. Unfortunately, as an op-ed piece in the Baltimore Sun pointed out in August, cash-strapped consumers — many of them seniors — can still find short-term loans on t...

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AMR BANKRUPTCY PLAN APPROVED; UNIONS PUSH FOR END TO LAWSUIT

By Gilman & Edwards

22.09.13

12:14 AM

AMR Inc. won a major victory in U.S. Bankruptcy Court recently. The court approved the company’s bankruptcy exit plan, in spite of a challenge from the Department of Justice to the plan’s most important component, the merger of AMR’s American Airlines with US Airways. The approval was hard won by AMR...

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WHOOPS! BANK OF AMERICA DID IT AGAIN

MARYLAND CAN SURVIVE THE SHUTDOWN, WITH A LITTLE HELP

WHAT HAPPENS TO STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS DURING CHAPTER 13?

REPORT: PAYDAY LOANS LEAD TO 'ENDLESS CYCLE OF DEBT'

AMR BANKRUPTCY PLAN APPROVED; UNIONS PUSH FOR END TO LAWSUIT