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By Liza Weiman Hanks Dear Liza: I am the successor trustee of my parents trust. The have both passed and I was told before I disburse the assets I need to advertise a Notice to Creditors. How long and how many times do I need to advertise? Since...

By Liza Weiman Hanks Dear Liza, I’m a young professional and would greatly appreciate your feedback on what type of trust, if any, would suit me well given my current financial and life position. I’m single, 29 years old (30 later this...

On this edition, Kirk Jensen and Jeff Naimon of BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C. discuss the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). They discuss how military servicemembers are protected by the act, the types of financial obligations affected by...

FORT WORTH, Texas - (AP) A federal bankruptcy judge ordered the Texas Rangers and their angry creditors into mediation Thursday, pushing any resolution of the long-delayed sale dangerously close to a deadline that could be crucial to the team's playoff...

SEATTLE - (AP) A group of Washington Mutual creditors have signed on to a settlement that pushes the bank's reorganization plan a step closer to approval. Washington Mutual Bank bondholders agreed to a $335 million settlement, according to an amended...

PORTLAND, Ore. - (AP) Attorneys representing a group of people who allege sexual abuse by Jesuit priests have filed 37 lawsuits in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, seeking about $3.1 million. The Oregonian reports that the lawsuits f iled late Thursday...