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The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision Wednesday ruled that a California woman could not use U.S. bankruptcy code protection to avoid paying a $200,000… Read More »Supreme Court rules 9-0 that bankruptcy filers can’t avoid debt incurred by another’s fraud
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