My lawyer feels that I may have some challenges with my case, but I am not sure if she is being 100% forthcoming or if she is just trying to milk us for more fees. On one hand, our lawyer could be the greatest lawyer ever and is trying to help us avoid being treated unfairly by the trustee. On the...

I received an emergency BP Claim check about 6 mths ago and spent it down, per my attorney on necessary living expenses. Was hoping to file non consumer ch 7 middle of this yr. I am still unemployed and should be able to file for a sizeble final BP check. How is this handled in BK? It's for lost income...

January 7, 2011


(CNN) -- The Great Recession has been an economic catastrophe for jobless and underemployed American workers and their families. The December jobs report issued Friday shows only modest private-sector job growth and offers slim hope that the nation's 15 million...

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010




The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced changes to rules on how it calculates long-term unemployment Tuesday, according to The Hill. The changes will expand the BLS’ ability to calculate unemployment for those beyond 99 weeks. Now,...

We filed BK7 in November of this year and now we are attending numerous family events and gatherings and evertime someone shakes my hubbys hand and says "So who do you work for and what do you do" Hubby is like a deer in the headlights and sputters out I left xyz company in March and I'm...

well...my dh just heard it on the news!!!!!!!!!

YES!!! the extension for unemployment just passed for another 13 months!!!!!!!


and both tax cuts stayed in place...for the middle class and those making over 250k....whoooopppeee!!!

but i'd still rather...

December 3, 2010

The main measure of employment in the United States is the Current Population Survey conducted monthly by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a March 5, 2008 column in The New York Times, excerpted below, David Leonhardt described the birth of the survey, and its...

December 3, 2010

The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8 percent in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.

Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month, a sharp decline from the 172,000 created in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. The weakness was...

11/10/2010

The U.S. unemployment rate remains frozen at 9.6%, job creation is still anemic, and for the week-ending October 30 new unemployment claims for the week jumped 20,000 to 457,000. The next week, the economy unexpectedly created more jobs than anticipated, yet the roller coaster...

I previously filed chapter 7 in early 2005 . Since that time I had gotten fired from my job , but they somehow proved I was not worthy of unemployemnt after receiving almost $7000 of benefits that I ended up repaying to Indiana. I have been unemployed now for more than 2 years and had just been taking...

I am researching Florida Bankruptcy for my 25 year old Nephew. He has been unemployed for over a year. Unemployment is running out. He got wrapped up into some unhealthy things and has struggled with medical issues. He is about $30,000 in debt. He is prepared to loose his car, for he is to fat upside...

Hi all.

Thanks a lot for reading this. I came to the US two years ago to do a Master's program. I got a loan from Citi, for US $150,000.

Now with the economic downturn, I'm not able to get a job, and because I'm not a US citizen or permanent resident, I will have to leave...