Legal Opinion
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 2010No. 08-1119PublishedCited by 352 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA or Act) to cor*232rect perceived abuses of the bankruptcy system. Among the reform measures the Act implemented are a number of provisions that regulate the conduct of “debt relief agencies]” — i. e., professionals who provide bankruptcy assistance to consumer debtors. See 11 U. S. C. §§ 101(3), (12A). These consolidated cases present the threshold question whether attorneys are debt relief agencies when they provide qualifying services. Because we agree with the Court of Appeals that they are, we must…
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