What are the downsides of filing for Chapter 7 without a lawyer?

Filing for Chapter 7 without legal help can work in simple cases, but for some, the risks outweigh the savings. Getty Images/iStockphoto Personal bankruptcy inquiries have been climbing recently, driven, in large part, by the persistent debt burdens borrowers are facing, along with elevated borrowing rates and the cumulative toll that years of high inflation … Read more

WATCH: Chaos erupts as leftists interrupt conservative group’s UCLA event featuring DHS lawyer

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A chaotic situation unfolded on Tuesday night in Los Angeles as far-left activists and students disrupted and chastised a Department of Homeland Security attorney who was speaking to law students at a conservative group’s event at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The incident took place … Read more

Lawyer for American detained in Iran says hostage deal is ‘easiest problem on the table’ for both sides

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The matter of American hostages wrongfully detained in Iran could be resolved during negotiations between Tehran and Washington as both sides navigate a fragile ceasefire amid attempts to end the conflict, one expert said. Ryan Fayhee, a lawyer for Abdolreza “Reza” Valizadeh, 49, who has been detained … Read more

Trump lawyer from effort to overturn 2020 election to oversee probe of ex-CIA director, DOJ official says

Joseph DiGenova, a conservative attorney who previously represented President Trump’s campaign when it challenged the results of the 2020 election, is being tapped by the U.S. Justice Department to lead an ongoing criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, a Justice Department official said on Saturday. DiGenova, who will oversee the probe from the … Read more

Utah leaders launch probe into Supreme Court justice over alleged relationship with redistricting lawyer

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and top state lawmakers ordered an independent investigation Friday into a state Supreme Court justice over allegations she had an unethical relationship with an attorney who worked on a high-stakes redistricting case. Justice Diana Hagen, who was appointed by Cox, stands accused … Read more

Husband of missing American woman in the Bahamas leaves country, lawyer says

The husband of an American woman who was reportedly swept out to sea in the Bahamas has left the country, his lawyer told NBC News. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Brian Hooker left “because his mom is very ill,” but he plans on returning to … Read more

Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a lawyer for two detainees. The guards targeted Katherine Blankenship’s clients and other detainees at the facility after they complained about not having phone access on April 2, … Read more

Deadline looms to charge husband of woman missing in Bahamas, lawyer says

More than a week after his wife reportedly fell overboard in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker remains in custody as authorities face a Monday deadline to decide whether to charge him in connection with her disappearance or release him. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Brian Hooker, … Read more

Husband of woman missing in Bahamas also fell overboard the night of his arrest, lawyer says

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — The husband of missing American Lynette Hooker himself fell overboard the night he was arrested in connection with her disappearance, his lawyer said in a statement Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Brian Hooker, 58, was arrested Wednesday by the Royal … Read more

A look at Todd Blanche, the ex-Trump lawyer who’s the president’s pick for acting attorney general

Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client. Blanche, whom Trump elevated Thursday from deputy attorney general to acting U.S. attorney general, rose to prominence representing the president in criminal cases that consumed the four years between his first and second terms. Blanche, a … Read more