While 24 states have legalized recreational marijuana use, it remains a criminal activity under the federal Controlled Substances Act, and bankruptcy courts generally have been a rather hostile forum for debtors employed in the marijuana industry.
A suspended Illinois lawyer who had owned his home as a tenant by the entirety before his wife’s death won’t be able to shield the property in bankruptcy from a former client who won a default malpractice judgment.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit alleging that a New York law firm used nonlawyers and automation to collect consumer debt “without meaningful attorney involvement.”
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