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The Container Store, a Northwest Dallas, TX-based specialty Retail Company has averted a Texas bankruptcy this month in what financial experts are calling a rare comeback. The company was able to cut borrowing costs and extend a term loan helping to bolster its market price and avoid having to consider a Texas bankruptcy filing. Investors  … Read more

The 341 Meeting of Creditors is a pinnacle of the Dallas Bankruptcy process, but it’s not the end of the bankruptcy journey, however. The meeting of creditors is rightfully seen as the second major hurdle of a Texas bankruptcy with the first being the collection of information that must be included in your initial petition  … Read more

As a requirement to filing bankruptcy, you must take a credit counseling course approved by the US Bankruptcy Courts. You must take this course within 180 days of filing for either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Texas. While this course is relatively quick and painless, the provider of the credit counseling course must  … Read more

They say timing is everything and this couldn’t hold truer than when deciding to file for a Dallas bankruptcy. The majority of bankruptcy cases emerge after an individual has experienced a life-changing event such as a prolonged illness, loss of employment, after being sued, or after a divorce. While this seems like an appropriate time  … Read more