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Interest, APR Can Cost Credit Card Users Money

It is fairly easy for a New York resident to get a new credit card. Many people receive unsolicited offers through their daily mail and others are bombarded via email with credit proposals from banks and other lending institutions.
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Solvency Is an Important Factor for Business Bankruptcy

Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, insolvency generally means that a person or entity has more debts than it has assets. A visual representation of insolvency would be the financial balance sheet of a New York company that has its value in negative territory.
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The CARD Act and Coping with Credit Card Debt

Nearly six years ago, President Obama signed into law a bill that sought to protect consumers from the confusing and sometimes abusive practices of American credit card companies.
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Why Is Bankruptcy Handled by Federal Courts?

Like many of the laws that currently govern New Yorkers and other Americans throughout the nation, bankruptcy laws are originally based on ideas from British governance.
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Plan Ahead to Protect Your Assets

n the estate planning world, an asset protection plan is a plan that prepares an individual’s wealth and assets in such a way that they should be protected from financial challenges once the individual passes on.
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Consumer Bankruptcy Myths May Harm Struggling Debtors

Prior posts on this New York bankruptcy law blog have discussed the struggles that many debtors experience when confronted with the decision of whether to file for consumer bankruptcy. Some fear that if they file for bankruptcy they will never be able to access credit again.
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