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What's New at ABI World
Online Features of Interest to Consumer Bankruptcy Committee
Members
ABI
has produced a DVD to help
consumers better manage
their finances, while explaining
the basics of bankruptcy
procedure with a grant from
the National Association
of Attorneys General. “Taking
Charge of Your Finances”
is hosted by Hon. Leif M.
Clark (W.D. Texas) and is
available online at ABI
World.
Read a recent
Cracking the Code
article, entitled "The
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Low-Cost Food Plan," by Mark
Lino. For more than 100 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
has prepared guides people may use to select nutritious diets at different
cost levels. The Low-cost Food Plan is often used by bankruptcy courts
to determine the portion of a bankruptee's income to allocate to necessary
individual or household food expenses. To give bankruptcy courts a better
understanding of the Low-cost Food Plan, this article will describe the
plan in more detail.
Look for
the latest ABI
Journal in your mailbox in a few weeks. The latest issue features
a number of articles related to consumer bankruptcy, including: Property
of the Estate: Focusing in on §348(f) (Consumer Corner), Credit Card
Debt in Chapter 7 Cases (Bankruptcy by the Numbers), The USTP's Criminal
Enforcement Unit: Another Weapon Against Bankruptcy Fraud (On Our Watch),
Go Directly to Jail; Do Not Collect $200 (Warren & Westbrook) and
a book review of The Two-income Trap: Why Middle-class Mothers and Fathers
Are Going Broke (Suggested Reading).
Looking
for a new employee or searching for a new job? Check out the new ABI
Career Center-the one-stop site for job seekers and employers in the
insolvency community. Stop by to set up your personal profile or search
the available positions (over 120 on average). Employers are invited to
post free job listings and search the job-seeker database for possible
candidates.
Check out
the latest
Collier Case Update offered at ABI World. Case summaries are available
to ABI members.
The
latest
edition of the West
Bankruptcy Newsletter is
now available. Provided
by West Group, the newsletter
is a weekly update on bankruptcy
and debtor/creditor matters.
Read the
latest on Networking in the bankruptcy world and Bankruptcy—By
the Numbers, now available at ABI World. Provided by Dow Jones Newswires,
the online columns are updated monthly and provide the latest news on
appointments, new hires, what's happening in the courts around the nation
and much more.
Read the
previous Consumer
Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter online.
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OTHER
STORIES IN THIS ISSUE:
Secured
Creditor’s Right to
Contact Debtor Subsequent
to Bankruptcy Discharge
When the Debtor Retains
the Collateral Without Redeeming
or Reaffirming
Agenda
for Winter Leadership Committee
Meeting
Consumer
Manual Now Available
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