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Over the past several years, the government has tightened its rules regarding granting security clearances.  My previous blog posts regarding security clearances cover the changes instituted by the government t

A cancelled concert originally set for this weekend in Vancouver caused the promoters to seek bankruptcy protection.

On August 10, 2015, media company Columbia House filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in a Manhattan court.  Columbia House was famous for offe

Many people travel under the assumption that once you file bankruptcy, you will not be able to reestablish credit for at least ten (10) years. Nothing could be further from the truth!

As a daughter of a retired U.S.

The 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.

Antoine Walker, former NBA player for the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics turned to bankruptcy for help in 2010. Before he was 20 years old, Walker was a basketball superstar due to his NCAA success and being a top NBA draft pick in 1996 for the Boston Celtics.

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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.

The 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.