Judges Wouldn’t Consider Forgiving Crippling Student Loans—Until Now For decades, college debt was immune from the bankruptcy process. Judges are actively seeking ways help to debtors ...

The Las Vegas Monorail's bankruptcy reorganization plan, which calls for lopping off more than $600 million in debt, could hinge on $175,000.

State health officials have taken the first step — creating a template — toward their pledge of sharing North Carolina's innovative medical debt relief blueprint with other states.

Debtors' counsel, chagrined by recent cases holding their brethren liable for fraud, finally got a ray of sunshine on Aug. 20. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mere assistance of a ...

If Citibank or the consumer had intended to allow a connected party to invoke arbitration under the cardholder agreement, they could have included a clause to that effect, the judge ruled.