debt relief agencies

The first federal appeals court has struck down a provision of BAPCPA that limits what lawyers may say to their clients who are contemplating bankruptcy.In the case of Milavetz v. U.S., the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis invalidated a section of the Bank­ruptcy Abuse Preven­tion and Con­sumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) which prohibited “debt relief agencies”from advising their clients to incur more debt in anticipation of filing...