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  • Claire’s Bankruptcy Chapter 11: Tariffs and Store Closures

    Claire’s files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy again, facing debt, tariffs, and changing consumer behavior.

  • Navigating Schedule C Exemptions in Bankruptcy

    Understanding Schedule C exemptions is vital for protecting personal property during bankruptcy filings.

  • Stagflation and Record Highs in Student Loan Defaults

    Expert analysis: Record student loan defaults (12.9%) and inflationary tariffs and labor shocks, making stagflation an inevitable reality.

  • Mo Gawdat’s AI Predictions: Utopia or Dystopia?

    Mo Gawdat’s predictions about AI’s societal impact are exaggerated and potentially harmful to innovation.

  • BLS Chief Firing: Impacts on Economic Credibility

    The firing of the BLS chief raises doubts about U.S. economic data credibility and future job reports.

  • Liberation Day Will Cost You

    Liberation Day introduces higher tariffs, leading to increased consumer prices and potential economic challenges.

  • Understanding the Rise of Bankruptcy: 2025 Trends

    Bankruptcy filings rose 11.5% in 2025, reversing years of decline and highlighting economic instability.

  • JCPenney’s Massive Real Estate Comeback: 119 Stores Sold

    JCPenney is selling 119 retail properties for $947 million, marking a significant recovery.

  • The Truth Behind Trump’s Tariff Rebate Check

    The Trump tariff rebate check is another empty promise, like the previous DOGE check distraction.

  • Understanding the EU-U.S. Trade Deal: What’s Really Happening

    The EU-U.S. trade deal is not finalized; it’s just a framework with unresolved issues.

  • The Parent PLUS Trap: Why You Are a Target For Creditors

    Bankruptcy Attorney and Law Professor** Prof. Hernandez warns that Parent PLUS loans make parents an “easy target.” Learn how the Treasury uses wage garnishment and Social Security seizure to recover six-figure educational debt.

  • The Rise of Aggressive Collection by the Treasury Department

    The Department of Education is officially initiating the student loan transfer to Treasury collections. As the SAVE plan ends, learn how the OBBBA and the new 30-year repayment terms impact your financial survival. Prof. Hernandez breaks down the Treasury’s “hired muscle” tactics.

  • The Foreclosure Surge. How Tenants Can Stay in the Property

    As foreclosures rise 20%, tenants face a dilemma: who gets the rent? Prof. Hernandez explains your legal rights and how to handle the assignment of rents.

  • Sinking in Car Debt? How the Chapter 13 Cramdown Rescues You From Long-Term Car Loans

    Bankruptcy Attorney & Law Professor Hernandez analyzes the 100-month car loan debt trap and how the Chapter 13 cramdown can reduce negative equity to fair market value.

  • The Forever Car Loan: Why Stretching Your Term is a Financial Trap

    Prof. Hernandez analyzes why 100-month car loans are a financial trap. Discover the “Double Sting” of reaffirmation agreements and how bankruptcy provides a clean exit

  • Personal Injury Settlements: Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

    Prof. Hernandez explains how personal injury settlements are treated in Chapter 7 liquidation vs. Chapter 13 reorganization, including the Liquidation Test.

  • How Personal Injury Settlements Move Through a Bankruptcy Case

    Learn how the process of a PI settlement moves through a bankruptcy case and why the Trustee oversees every step. Understand what the bankruptcy Trustee requires and how the process affects your claim

  • Protecting Your Recovery: Personal Injury Settlements and the Bankruptcy Estate

    Can you keep your personal injury settlement in bankruptcy? Prof. Hernandez analyzes 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(11)(D), state exemptions, and strategic alternatives to filing.

  • The AI Economy and the Looming “Dot-Com” Reckoning

    Prof. Hernandez analyzes the AI profitability paradox, the “Dot-Com” reckoning, and why the death of the tax base threatens the future of the middle class.

  • Does Bankruptcy Stop Eviction? The Pre vs. Post-Judgment Rule

    Bankruptcy Attorney & Law Professor explains when bankruptcy stops eviction, how the pre‑ vs. post‑judgment rule works, and when landlords can still proceed.