Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...

Melissa Horton is a financial literacy professional. She has 10+ years of experience in the financial services and planning industry. whitebalance.oatt / Getty Images Consensual liens, like mortgages, ...

Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a mechanism designed to preserve the creditor/shareholder risk allocation paradigm by categorically subordinating claims asserted against a debtor by ...

At the end of a lawsuit, the prevailing party often ends up with a final judgment awarding it some monetary amount from the losing party. This amount can include amounts for damages, attorney fees and ...

A factor may receive notice from a judgment creditor that the judgment creditor holds a judgment lien on the accounts of the factor’s client, and be tempted to ignore the notice, since the judgment ...

In its latest effort to authenticate its broker records database, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is cracking down on firms who have brokers with undisclosed liens and judgments. In ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

When your efforts to collect a bill from a business that owes you money have been unsuccessful, you can place a lien on the assets of the business. As a lienholder, you gain legal rights to the ...

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Albert Barcroft appeals the trial court’s order of May 4, 2001, denying his “Motion for Judicial Review of a Documentation Purporting to Create a Judgment Lien.” See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. 51.902 ...