ABI Blog Exchange

2014-12-16
The latest series of bank settlements over alleged attempts to manipulate the foreign exchange market suggests that lenders need to set about pruning the ranks of problem employees and retraining those who remain.

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2014-12-15
On December 15, 2014 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action to put an end to two student “debt relief” scams
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com analyzes LightSquared Inc.’s monthly operating report for November 2014.
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com discusses Radio Shack’s bond trading prices significant decline.
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com discusses the appointment of a 3-member unsecured creditors committee in Endeavour Ope
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com spotlights the Effective Date for the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization of LDK
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com discusses the falling out between Revel AC, Inc.
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com discusses Fitch Ratings’ estimates of recoveries for creditors of Caesars Entertainmen
2014-12-15
In a Breaking News Alert  at CommercialBankruptcyInvestor.com, Chapter11Dockets.com provides an overview of the New York City Opera’s efforts to conduct a section 363 ass
2014-12-15
Providing proper notice to existing and potential creditors is an important consideration for debtors’ counsel.
2014-12-15
Cliff Rosenthal left his credit union colleagues behind to become assistant director of the CFPB in 2012. He found an energetic, dedicated agency under attack from political opponents and hampered by institutional hubris.

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2014-12-15
Two of the most difficult and stressful legal processes that individuals participate in are divorce and bankruptcy proceedings. Unfortunately, as lives are upturned and finances stretched, one often closely follows the other.

Read More from: Michigan Bankruptcy Blog

2014-12-14
Can a financially distressed be “forced” into bankruptcy by its creditors?  In other words, is it possible for creditors to subject a distressed entity into an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding?
2014-12-14
The blatant mischaracterization of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. communications in a House Oversight Committee report undercuts the aim of the investigation into regulatory scrutiny of bank-payday lending relationships.

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2014-12-12
If you are thinking on spending extravagantly on Christmas, just remember that you may lead yourself toward the verge of filing bankruptcy. One of the main causes of bankruptcy filings is overspending via credit cards.
2014-12-12
Energy Future Holdings (EFH), f/k/a TXU Corp., an energy company centered in Texas, was taken private in 2007 in the largest leveraged buyout transaction

Read More from: Bankruptcy Law Insights

2014-12-12
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

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