In 2005, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act to amend the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Act”). The changes made to the Act were designed to make it theoretically more difficult for people to file Chapter 7 Liquidation...
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Lorain County Judge Disqualified Pending Outcome of Felony Indictment
The Ohio Supreme Court issued an order disqualifying Judge James Burge, of the Lorain County Common Pleas Court, from acting as judge because of a pending indictment against him for six felony counts. The charges against Judge Burge allege that he tampered with...
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown asks the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Expand Payday Lending Rules
In response to last week’s decision by the Ohio Supreme Court (see last post “Payday Lender Loophole Upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court”), Senator Sherrod Brown has sent a letter to the CFPB. Senator Brown is asking the Bureau to create more broad rules regulating the...
Payday Lender Loophole Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
On June 11, 2014, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a loophole utilized by payday lenders to make lucrative loans without having to comply with recent regulations passed by Ohio lawmakers. This decision reversed a Ninth District Court of Appeals decision...
Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Disqualified from Presiding over County Prosecutor Case
The Ohio Supreme Court entered an order on May 13, 2013 in response to Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor, Anthony Cillo’s request that Judge James M. Burge be disqualified from presiding over all of his cases. The Ohio Supreme Court disqualified Judge Burge from...