D. Lamar Hawkins, an attorney with Guidant Law Firm, chairs the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization’s Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission. JavaScript is disabled ...

Almost half of all personal bankruptcies are due to the cost of living and tariff costs, a new poll has found.

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Whether you’ve lost your job, faced huge medical bills or simply fallen behind on your debt payments, bankruptcy can seem like a way to get some relief, but it also has some serious long-term effects ...

A major business bankruptcy case is typically a blizzard of paperwork, with lawyers adding documents into the case's court file at a pace that runs up costs fueled by $2,000-plus-per-hour billing ...

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The economy may be showing signs of improvement, but more than 34,000 businesses still filed for bankruptcy in 2014, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Studies indicate, however, that ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. The decision to file bankruptcy is a heady one, but then there is the question of which type of bankruptcy to file. You have ...

The retailer has found out the hard way how expensive it is to go broke.

For many people, a tax refund means a chance to fund a vacation or splurge on a big purchase. For some, though, it’s a way to wipe out crushing debt — not by paying it off, but by giving them enough ...