ABI Blog Exchange

2015-01-09
Lawyers who recently put the Balmoral Racing Club outside Chicago into bankruptcy are preparing to fight the $82 million penalty that hit the horse-racing operation over an alleged bribery scheme involving disgraced ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-09
In Episode 18 of Accredited Investor Markets Radio, David Drake of The Soho Loft and LDJ Capital, discusses real estate investing and crowdfunding in a comparative perspective with host, Chris Cahill.
2015-01-09
This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice surrendered to prison officials, and slashed the sale price for her mansion. Also, a complaint against Paul Simon seeking $17,000 was dropped.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-09
This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice surrendered to prison officials, and slashed the sale price for her mansion. Also, a complaint against Paul Simon seeking $17,000 was dropped.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-09
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-01-09
LightSquared on Thursday will ask a New York bankruptcy judge to sign off on a version of its restructuring strategy, which, if approved, will be send out to creditors for a vote.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-09
LightSquared on Thursday will ask a New York bankruptcy judge to sign off on a version of its restructuring strategy, which, if approved, will be send out to creditors for a vote.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-09
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” – Voltaire
2015-01-09
Las leyes sobre Bancarrota no hacen mención de que el deudor necesite tener un estatus legal o ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos para poder aplicar para una petición de Bancarrota.

Read More from: Scholnick Law

2015-01-09
“Wealth is the transfer of money from the impatient to the patient.”  Warren Buffett
2015-01-08
Many bankruptcies are prompted by foreclosure postings.   Often the debtor must weigh whether to seek an injunction vs.
2015-01-08
In November, the American Bar Association issued a formal opinion that it was unethical for pro

Read More from: Credit Slips

2015-01-08
Like many of our readers, we at the Bankruptcy Blog spent our holiday breaks curled up with our copies of the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11