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Happy Thanksgiving to all !!
Anyone besides Shinbrot Firm having pleadings delivered to downtown judges courtesy copy box disappear? We have a reliable attorney service that is dropping off pleadings, only to get a call from the court saying they have no courtesy copy? Happened with several judges too many times this past quarter.
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Dear members:
You know how when you value a motor vehicle some of the lenders use NADA as
the price of a vehicle retail. I think you should know that they use
ASKING price on AutoTrader.com which increases the value of vehicles
because asking price is not the price that people generally pay. I really
think it behooves you to challenge these values. I use EDMUNDS.COM because
I their values are lower and I think its because it is due to the fact they
use actual sales prices and not asking prices. The Retail Sales data for
JD Powers is not actual sales its based upon price asked. Again this is
skewing retail values when you cram down cars.
SOURCE: http://www.nada.com/b2b/WhyNADAValues/T ... Value.aspx
Turning Data into Value
Everyone at NADA is focused on the same objective: delivering the most
accurate used vehicle values based on the most comprehensive industry data.
NADA collects data from more than 1 million automotive transactions per
month. Thats more data than any other provider. Our longstanding
alliances with
a range of top industry sources, manufacturers and dealers make it possible.
The NADA database grows every day with these inputs, plus others:
- Auction transactions from AuctionNet and OEMs
- Retail sales data from J.D. Power and Associates / PIN
- Asking prices from AutoTrader.com
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Dear members:You know how when you value a motor vehicle some of the lenders use NADA as the price of a vehicle retail. I think you should know that they use ASKING price on AutoTrader.com which increases the value of vehicles because asking price is not the price that people generally pay. I really think it behooves you to challenge these values. I use EDMUNDS.COM because I their values are lower and I think its because it is due to the fact they use actual sales prices and not asking prices. The Retail Sales data for JD Powers is not actual sales its based upon price asked. Again this is skewing retail values when you cram down cars.
SOURCE:
http://www.nada.com/b2b/WhyNADAValues/T ... Value.aspx
Turning Data into Value
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I had an attorney representing HSBC appear yesterday. I thought it
was just a one off.
Garrett
Garrett M. Brief
The Law Office of Garrett Brief
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PC is married but wants to file by himself. No problem on the means test, wife doesn't make much money either. Wife owns her house free and clear as a result of a large disability payout
which occurred 2 months after marriage 9 years ago. She had owned the house separately for 15 years prior to the payout. Do I need to mention that anywhere in the petition? There would be no Moore-Marsden interest.
Margaret Norman, Attny
111 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #355
Manhattan Beach, Ca. 90266
310-376-7873
Fax 310-798-0846
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I was hired by a c13 debtor to defend a motion for relief from stay.
I was paid a retainer and agreed to an hourly fee. Now that I won and
the MFRS was denied my bill exceeds the retainer. I understand that
to get paid from the debtor through the plan I need to file a fee
application and then a motion to modify the plan. Debtor's son wants
to pay me outside of the plan over the course of several months. This
arrangement benefits the debtor because it saves trustee's fee. This
arrangement also benefits me, because according to the agreement, I
will get paid faster outside of the plan then I could through the
plan.
But if I delay filing the fee application now, will I lose the right
to do it later? What is the deadline for filing a fee applications?
Is there a code section or a rule that governs this issue?
Are there other issues here I am not seeing?
Alik Segal
Alik.Segal@gmail.com
310-362-6157
Cal. CD, Los Angeles
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I have a pending 523 action in state court and defendant is demurring
because the case closed. It says on the order closing case that the
bankruptcy court no longer has jurisdiction.
Defendant is arguing that despite timely filed 523 AP still pending that
state court cannot hear underlying debt for later dischargeability
determination in AP. Does anyone know what rule allows adversaries to
remain after main case closes?
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MORTGAGE MODIFICATION, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION LIKELY TO BE DROPPED FROM
SENATE AGENDA
Senate Democratic leaders appear likely to drop several high-profile
legislative issues from their agenda, including efforts to tax bonuses
paid to corporate executives and giving bankruptcy judges the ability
reduce mortgage payments on the primary mortgages of chapter 13 debtors,
according to a CongressDaily report today. Senate aides said that the
legislative agenda this year might increasingly focus on revamping
financial regulations -- which could reach the Senate floor in late
summer -- and on health care reform. The chamber will reconvene April 20
by taking up a fraud-enforcement bill that authorizes increasing Justice
Department funding and authority to crack down on mortgage fraud and
other crimes related to federal assistance programs. Those efforts come
as more high-profile legislation sits on the back burner in the face of
opposition from Republicans and moderate Democrats. Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus
(D-Mont.) have said that they have not dropped efforts to craft a bill
slapping heavy taxes on bonuses for firms such as American International
Group that received bailout money, but Democrats have no immediate plans
to move an AIG bill in the face of White House concerns and strong
opposition from the banking industry. Also faltering is mortgage
cramdown legislation that lobbyists and some senators say lacks the
votes to pass. Reid has said previously that he is prepared to drop the
cramdown language provision from a broader housing bill if the votes are
not there.
M. Erik Clark
Borowitz, Lozano & Clark, LLP
100 N. Barranca Avenue, Suite 250
West Covina, CA 91791
www.blclaw.com
Office: (626) 332-8600
Fax: (626) 332-8644
Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy
American Board of Certification
MORTGAGE MODIFICATION,
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION LIKELY TO BE DROPPED FROM SENATE AGENDA
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You probably saw my blast email earlier today about the challenges we're
facing in the Senate over S.61. I think everyone is fatigued by the fight
we had in the House, but this fight is going to be much tougher. The battle
is ours to win or lose, and we absolutely cannot win without the involvement
of our membership. We are hearing from Senators that they're not getting
any push from constituents to move on S.61, so they have no incentive to
move the bill. As you can imagine, they are getting deluged by the
opposition. Banks, credit unions, community banks - they are very organized
and very much a presence on the Hill. We need to create our own tsunami of
calls and emails.
We need our State Chairs to organize the activity in their state - or to
enlist helpers to do this. (We know it's an awful lot of work - delegate!)
It may be helpful to have someone coordinate these efforts:
* Members getting letters to the editor in their local papers or get
local TV coverage of the story;
* Organizing email campaigns to friends, family, clients, and
colleagues;
* Organizing to assess whether there's a strategy that works in your
state; i.e., if there's a University, can you get the college kids to write
and email through a student organization? Can members band together and put
an ad in the local paper?
Can you get a few NACBA members to divide up the work and call every other
member in the state? Some people like being asked personally to do
something - so they may respond if they get a call.
At the very least, make the phone calls and send the emails to your
Senators, and have your staff and significant others do as well. Here again
is the info:
Call toll free: 877.354.4958
Or email at: www.nacba.org/TellCongress
Thanks, everyone!! And a special thanks to those who've done so much
already!
Barbara
Barbara Andelman, Esq., Executive Director, National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
Phone: 216.491.6770 (eastern time zone) Fax: 866.571.3560 Email:
barbara.andelman@nacba.org
David A. Tilem
Certified Bankruptcy Specialist*
Law Offices of David A. Tilem (a debt relief agency)
206 N. Jackson Street, #201, Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-507-6000 Fax: 818-507-6800
* Bankruptcy specialist cert. by State Bar of CA Bd of Legal
Specialization.
Message
You probably saw my blast email earlier today about the challenges we're
facing in the Senate over S.61. I think everyone is fatigued by the fight
we had in the House, but this fight is going to be much tougher. Thebattle is ours to win or lose, and we absolutely cannot win without the
involvement of our membership. We are hearing from Senators that they're
not getting any push from constituents to move on S.61, so they have no
incentive to move the bill. As you can imagine, they are getting deluged
by the opposition. Banks, credit unions, community banks - they are very
organized and very much a presence on the Hill. We need to create our own
tsunami of calls and emails.
We need our State Chairs to organize the activity in their state - or to
enlist helpers to do this. (We know it's an awful lot of work
- delegate!) It may be helpful to have someone coordinate these
efforts:
Members getting letters to the editor in their local papers or get local
TV coverage of the story;
Organizing email campaigns to friends, family, clients, and colleagues;
Organizing to assess whether there's a strategy that works in your state;
i.e., if there's a University, can you get the college kids to write and email
through a student organization? Can members band together and put an ad in the
local paper?
Can you get a few NACBA members to divide up the work and
call every other member in the state? Some people like being asked
personally to do something - so they may respond if they get a call.
At the very least, make the phone calls and send the emails to your
Senators, and have your staff and significant others do as well. Here
again is the info:
Call toll
free: 877.354.4958
Or
email at:
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