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Think College Football Gambling Will Not Lead to Money Problems? Wanna Bet?

Attorney Robert ReeseThe first college football game of the 2015 season is 18 days away and for many fans, it cannot get here fast enough. According to NBC news in 2013, somewhere between $60 and $70 billion dollars is wagered on college football each year. The figure has more than likely increased with the new playoff system now in place and there are estimates that $8 billion dollars alone is bet on the Super Bowl each year.

Is the Social Security Administration’s Disability Program Running Out of Money?

Yes.

We are all painfully familiar with the budget battles Congress wages regularly with the President, and most recently the resulting budget sequestration of 2013 that really put a number of government programs and employees in a bind.

Well, something similar is going on now with the Social Security disability program.

US Bankruptcy Filings Down, Lowest in Seven Years

lawyer-kathryn-davisThe Administrative Office of United States Courts reports that bankruptcy filings fell significantly in the past fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2015.  The Administrative Office reported that there were 879,736 bankruptcy filings nationally during that time period— 854,690 personal filings and 25,046 business-related.

What is a Chapter 13 Confirmation?

 You probably know that in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you as a debtor propose a plan to set out how creditors will be paid over a minimum of three years to a maximum of five years.  The plan sets out specified monthly payments the secured (examples are cars, house or furniture) or priority (examples are taxes or child support arrears) creditors will be paid over the life of the plan and how much unsecured (credit cards, medical or signature loans) creditors will be paid as well.  All creditors are mailed a cop

50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy Protection

gadsden attorney Carla HandyAfter a jury in New York City found 50 Cent, aka Curtis Jackson III, liable to the tune of $5 million dollars for his involvement in the dissemination of a sex tape, the rapper has filed for protection under Chapter 11 in Connecticut.

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