ABI Blog Exchange

2015-11-25
Editor's note: Morning Scan will not publish on Thursday, Nov. 26 or Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We'll be back on Monday, Nov. 30. Wall Street Journal

Read More from: BankThink

2015-11-24
As the CFPB and Department of Education and others struggle with how best to provide effective help to at risk student loan borrowers, here is one example of a program that provided these services.

Read More from: Credit Slips

2015-11-24
This week, we continue our series on frequently asked questions regarding bankruptcy. For this post, we are taking a look at the filing process. Many questions arise during the Walworth County bankruptcy filing process.

Read More from: Wynn at Law, LLC

2015-11-24
By Michelle HigginsAfter renting a one-bedroom for seven years, Catherine and Peter Bertazzoni had saved enough for a down payment and were ready to buy their first apartment together.

Read More from: Shenwick & Associates

2015-11-24
Here at Shenwick & Associates, the magic word for our debtor bankruptcy clients (we represent creditors, too) is "discharge." When a debt is

Read More from: Shenwick & Associates

2015-11-24
The rapid growth of competition from nonbanks has the potential to hit community banks harder than the mortgage meltdown.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-11-24
Claims trading is a thriving cottage industry in bankruptcy cases. By some accounts, it’s a $40B+ business.

Read More from: Plan Proponent

2015-11-24
New York financier Lynn Tilton arrives for an appeal hearing at the U.S. District courthouse in New York in September  2015.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-11-24
Maryland attorney, Jeffrey Scholnick was quoted in a recent article published by the International Business Times regarding the current trends with student loan debt and the rise in crowdfunding campai

Read More from: Scholnick Law

2015-11-23
On November 10, 2015, Millennium Lab Holdings and 2 affiliates filed for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The cases are jointly administered under Case Number 15-12284 and presided over by Judge Silverstein.  The first day hearing was
2015-11-23
The Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. Section 341 meeting has been continued to December 14, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 King St., Room 2112, Wilmington, Delaware.
2015-11-23
The ABA Journal has named Credit Slips to its annual Blawg 100. Thanks for the recognition! We really appreciate it.

Read More from: Credit Slips

2015-11-23
Are you struggling financially from trying to protect a son, daughter, sibling or parent from drug addiction?  If so, you are not alone.  As the holidays approach, I am excited a

Read More from: Bonds & Botes, P.C.

2015-11-23
The paperwork that people and businesses have used to file for bankruptcy protection since the 1980s is being replaced on Dec. 1 with forms that have clearer, easier-to-understand instructions and that’s…bad?

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-11-23
A district court judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently vacated a bankruptcy court’s decision allowing rejection of an oil and gas lease under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The District Court held that a debtor’s oil and gas lea

Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs

2015-11-23
The government's new proposal for operationalizing the wind-down powers of Dodd-Frank is just institutionalizing "too big to fail."

Read More from: BankThink