Collections & Bankruptcy in Wisconsin

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
ISBN: 978-1-572862-443-0 340+ pp.; 3rd Ed. (2021-2022 Revision) (includes 2023-24 and 2025-26 Supplements)
Collections & Bankruptcy in Wisconsin

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Review the legal ramifications of financial problems that could strike any business or individual client. Whether you’re looking for information on collection remedies, negotiating agreements with creditors, or resolving a bankruptcy proceeding, Collections and Bankruptcy in Wisconsin is the perfect starting point.

The 2025-2026 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • The May 12, 2025, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formal withdrawal of policy statements, interpretive rules, advisory opinions, and other guidance documents
  • Article III standing considerations in federal court
  • Updated poverty income guidelines for earnings garnishments
  • Implementation of multifactor authentication to enhance system security for the federal courts’ Public Access to Court Electronic Records service and Case Management/Electronic Case Files
  • A U.S. Supreme Court ruling relating to property of the estate and abandonment
  • Updated Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure language, citations, and discussion
  • Updated dollar amounts, including those pertaining to venue, preferences, exemptions, means testing, eligibility, and small business Chapter 11 bankruptcies

The 2023-24 supplement includes a number of changes such as:

  • Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit regarding sufficient pleading of standing and the risk of future harm
  • Newly added discussions of turnover and charging orders, and of changes to Wisconsin’s Uniform Limited Liability Company Law made by 2021 Wis. Act 258
  • Enhanced discussion of considerations pertaining to workouts and non-bankruptcy alternatives
  • Added references to the U.S.C. and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and new references to Wisconsin’s business closing and mass layoff law
  • Updated dollar amounts relating to chapters 11, 12, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code

The 2021–2022 revision includes a number of changes such as:

  • Regulation F, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s newly issued guidance on debt collection practices under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
  • A revised Model Form Validation Notice that can be used by debt collectors to comply with the FDCPA’s notice-of-validation requirements, and a revised discussion of the requirements
  • Recent caselaw discussing topics such as attorney fee awards, the statute of limitations for claims relating to FDCPA violations, self-help repossession, and a court’s ability to bar a creditor’s statutory right of execution
  • Updated filing fees, exemption amounts, allowable expenses, income limits, secured and unsecured debt limits, nonexempt property values, priority claim limits, and other dollar figures
  • Discussion of amendments to the Bankruptcy Code to address negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Changes to aggregate debt limits affecting the eligibility of family farmers and fishermen for bankruptcy relief

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