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2015-09-15
Upcoming Webinar Series: Collect Your Money in Bankruptcy

Read More from: Michigan Bankruptcy Blog

2015-09-15
You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to run--Kenny Rogers, The GamblerAfter the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in Barron & Newburger, P.C. v. Texas Skyline Ltd.
2015-09-15
In its opinion in Branch Bank and Trust Company v. Windhaven & Tollway, LLC et al, 347 P.3d 1038 (Nev.

Read More from: Creditors' Rights

2015-09-15
Criminal charges don't scare big banks anymore. Perhaps the Justice Department's fresh commitment to threatening top executives with prosecution will keep them in line.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-09-15
Not-So-Secret Chat: A new deal between New York's financial regulator and four big banks aims to preserve government access to the financial institutions' electronic communications.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-09-15
Creditors of Endeavour International Corp.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-09-15
The English High Court has granted an injunction to trustees in bankruptcy and pierced the corporate veil of companies which were operated by a bankrupt

Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs

2015-09-14
By Michael R. KingGammage & Burnham, P.C.Phoenix, AZ QUESTION:  DOES A U.S.

Read More from: CLLA Bankruptcy Blog

2015-09-14
Mr Olympia Phil Heath poses in 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Getty Images

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-09-14
The question of why we need to know the collateral value of a secured claim seems quite obvious when a secured creditor may be under-secured—the absolute priority rule of the bankruptcy code dictates that the unsecured portion of the claim be treated
2015-09-14
Even if the Federal Reserve decides to begin raising rates this September, banks are unlikely to get the boost they've been hoping for.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-09-14
While it is typically true that there are generally three options available to debtors in a chapter 7 bankruptcy with regard to their autos, there may in fact be a fourth option.
2015-09-14
By Jeff SayerScorpion Legal Services, LLCRoswell, GA  The Honorable Robert Drain of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion on August 24, 2015 in a case which raised a conflict between bankruptcy law

Read More from: CLLA Bankruptcy Blog

2015-09-14
The North Carolina-based BB&T is far larger than any other bank regulated by the FDIC. It should be under the supervision of an agency with more experience overseeing large banks.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-09-14
Swaps Settlement Ahead: Twelve big banks plan to pay $1.9 billion to settle charges that they conspired to control the credit default swaps market during the run-up to the financial crisis, according to the papers.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-09-14
Very often in the course of a bankruptcy proceeding, a creditor with a pending lawsuit against the debtor will need to obtain relief from the automatic stay in order to continue to prosecute the pre-petition litigation.
2015-09-13
I was fortunate enough to be invited for a short interview on a local radio station.  This is just an audio program, but it is only 12 minutes long.  I hope the information is informative.