http://www.higginsandassociates.com Dallas - Forth Worth Bankruptcy Attorneys Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The news abounds with stories on the foreclosure crisis. Between May 2007 and 2008, foreclosures have risen 48%. Texas remains steady at #17 in the nation for foreclosures. Though this may seem encouraging to some, for the thousands of North Texans, the threat of foreclosure is an immediate concern. Economists ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/bankruptcy-articles/north-texas-foreclosures-rising/ The Fort Worth Star Telegram announced a foreclosure fair today in Fort Worth. The full announcement is here. Homeowners facing possible foreclosure can get help at a Homeownership and Foreclosure Prevention Fair set for 5-8 p.m. today at Texas Wesleyan University Pavilion, 1201 Wesleyan St. in Fort Worth. If you are one ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/texas-legal-news/foreclosure-seminar-fort-worth/ The quiet neighborhood, where residents say homeownership is as much a dead end as the cul-de-sacs at each end of the street, is at the heart of the subprime-mortgage crisis.More than half of the 56 homes on Ronay Drive have been posted for foreclosure at least once since August 2005, ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/texas-legal-news/fort-worth-foreclosure/ The Arlington Convention Center will house a free event to educate homeowners on foreclosure today, Monday, June 9, 2008 in Arlington, TX. An event is scheduled today to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The free Homeownership Preservation Event will be from 2 to 8 p.m. in the ballroom of the Arlington Convention ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/texas-legal-news/arlington-foreclosure-information-event/ For the first six months of 2008, foreclosure postings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were up 20 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics from Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. of Addison. More than 25,000 North Texas homes have been faced with foreclosure so far this year. Read the rest ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/texas-legal-news/foreclosures-set-records/ Key senators announced Monday [May 19] a bipartisan agreement on the broad elements of a plan to avoid foreclosures and speed the refinancing of mortgages for roughly 500,000 troubled homeowners without taxpayers footing the bill. Read the rest of the here. With President Bush promising to veto a House of Representatives bill ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/national-legal-news/foreclosure-legislation/ On the eve of the three-year anniversary of president Bush’s controversial bankruptcy bill becoming law, data show that in the last two years nearly 1.5 million individuals filed for personal bankruptcy. The new data further questions the merits of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. The rest ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/national-legal-news/bush-bankruptcy-legacy/ Rarely do cities of a decent size declare bankruptcy, but that is exactly what the city of Vallejo, California, home to more than 100,000 people is doing. Hurt by falling property tax revenues, a stagnant economy and the failure to renegotiate key deals with unions, the city of Vallejo was ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/national-legal-news/city-of-vallejo-california-declares-bankruptcy-will-more-cities-follow/ It's all over the national news and is an especially hot topic here in Texas. The legal ramifications on Texas Family Law and other areas of Texas Law may be far reaching.  Here is an excerpt from John Councils article at Texas Lawyer: Tom Vick is looking for about 100 lawyers willing ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/texas-legal-news/polygamist-compound-removal-cases-to-test-state-civil-justice-system/ A bankruptcy trustee for Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York has sued McDermott, Will & Emery for legal malpractice, charging that partners at the Chicago-based law firm "put their personal relationships and selfish economic concerns above the interests of the charitable institution they were entrusted to protect." Read the ... http://www.higginsandassociates.com/national-legal-news/bankruptcy-trustee-sues-mcdermott-will-for-malpractice/