JAMIE G. FILLIPPI
Bankruptcy is becoming the last resort for millions of Americans to achieve a “clean slate” and wipe away previous debts in order to start their lives anew. The sheer number of bankruptcy cases filed in 2010 is staggering – almost 1.6 million filings – compared to a typical fed-eral district court docket, which has a yearly average of around 280,000 civil cases and 78,000 criminal cases.
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