A garnishment judgment is only the start. You should know what creditors can do next — and what you can do, too.

What can you do to collect on a judgment, and when can you do it? And does it matter if you're going after the judgment debtor directly, or after the property of the judgment debtor in the hands of a ...

Judgment creditors often encounter challenges when trying to collect a debt when a debtor’s assets are held in a limited liability company (LLC), as opposed to assets held directly in the debtor’s ...

Federal law shields your benefits from most creditors, but being judgment-proof has real limits worth knowing.

In a Dec. 22, 2022, column, "Law Firms Are Not Just 'Any Person,'" the authors discuss a ruling made in Astraea N.Y. City v. Rivada Networks, 592 F. Supp. 3d 181 (S.D.N.Y. March 22, 2022), where the ...

This case starts with a price-fixing scheme to corner the U.S. market for consumer telescopes and binoculars. A California company called Optronics Technologies, Inc., but known as Orion Telescopes & ...

A debt collector may be able to freeze your bank account, but if it's a joint account, the rules get complicated.

A: Over time, I have handled civil cases where we obtained judgment, sometimes sizable, but to date have not been able to collect. Unfortunately, that does happen; indeed, as the saying goes, “a paper ...

The relative ease of beginning a real property execution does not mean this step should be taken in all cases. This article discusses the significant issues to be considered. Judgment enforcement ...