Milavetz aftermath: Bankruptcy lawyers weigh effect of high court’s ruling on advice to clients 

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, March 14, 2010
By Steve Lash

Bankruptcy attorneys might be more careful about what they say after the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding last week that they cannot advise their clients to incur more debt in order to qualify for bankruptcy protection. Some consumer bankruptcy lawyers worry that the ruling in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. U.S. prevents them from giving clients ...