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Frederick MD 21704
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Bankruptcy can be a tough issue, especially to the small business owner whose customer has fallen on hard times. Problem #1: You’ve likely lost a customer for your products or services. Problem #2: You’ve likely lost the ability to collect the money the customer still owes you. Problem #3: The future potential bankruptcy “preference” may pull even more money from your coffers, as a Smart Business article points out. The bankruptcy of another means their ability to pay you is severely compromised, unless you’re “secured.” However, what if you were paid and the payment is deemed to have been a…
Sometimes when people get into financial trouble, they look for an easy way out. Whether out of sheer desperation or an attempt at trickery, some resort to making what the law considers a fraudulent transfer. Fraudulent transfers have a tendency of coming back to bite you and several recent cases serve to demonstrate that fact, as in one of Lewis Saret’s recent posts on Forbes (and the much longer list in the Wealth Strategies Journal.) One case is that of re Quaid, (2011 WL 285645, Bkrtcy.M.D.Fla., Jan. 26, 2011,) where a Florida man sought to use a self-settled trust to…