Professional athletes are often the subject of admiration and envy by millions of fans due to their talent, wealth, lavish lifestyles, and more. Many professional athletes have annual salaries in the millions of dollars, name celebrities as some of their best friends, and much more. While some athletes enjoy their successes for their entire lives, others end up facing financial struggles despite their substantial salaries. There

In many bankruptcy cases, legal issues can arise that have no involvement with bankruptcy laws but instead are based solely on state laws. Matters based on state law are generally adjudicated in state courts or federal district courts—also referred to as “Article III” courts because their judicial powers stem from Article III of the United States Constitution.1 In contrast, the power of bankruptcy courts comes from Article

 

Filing a joint petition for bankruptcy is a right bestowed solely upon legally married couples in the United States. Because the constitutional rights of same-sex couples to have their marriages legally recognized by the government has been in flux in our country for decades, so has the right of those couples to file for bankruptcy together. In the past few years, two major decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of