Maryland Governor Issues Amended Executive Order Suspending Residential Foreclosures and Certain Residential and Commercial Evictions

By Richard Hagerty & Ethan G. Ostroff on April 9, 2020

Posted in All Entries, COVID-19, Debt Buyers + Collectors, Mortgage Lending, Servicing + Banking

On April 3, Maryland Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. issued “Executive Order No. 20-04-03-01, Amending and Restating the Order Dated March 16, 2020 Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19, and Additionally Prohibiting Certain Repossessions, Stopping Initiation of Residential Mortgage Foreclosures, Prohibiting Commercial Evictions, and Allowing Suspension of Certain…

Supreme Court Decides the Appropriate Standard for Determining Whether a Creditor Has Violated the Bankruptcy Code’s Discharge Injunction

By Andrew Buxbaum, Richard Hagerty & David N. Anthony on June 7, 2019

Posted in All Entries, Debt Buyers + Collectors, Mortgage Lending, Servicing + Banking

It is well settled that the purpose of filing a bankruptcy petition is to “give[] the honest but unfortunate debtor . . . a new opportunity in life and a clear field for future effort, unhampered by the pressure and discouragement of pre-existing debt.” Local Loan Co. v. Hunt, 292 U.S. 234, …

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Maryland Governor Issues Amended Executive Order Suspending Residential Foreclosures and Certain Residential and Commercial Evictions

Supreme Court Decides the Appropriate Standard for Determining Whether a Creditor Has Violated the Bankruptcy Code’s Discharge Injunction

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