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New bank, credit union diversity leaders share their top ideas

MoneyGram CEO sees a future in stablecoin remittances

Constitutionality of Trustee Fees in Large Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases

By Erica L. Kravchenko – This term, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Seigel v. Fitzgerald (In re Circuit City Stores, Inc.), 996 F.3d 156 (4th Cir. 2021), to resolve … The post Constitutionality of Trustee Fees in Large Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

New EMVCo protocol aims to simplify contactless payments

Most student-loan borrowers made no payment during U.S. freeze

A Study Of Four Mediator Strategies And Their Effects

By: Donald L Swanson A recent research project measures the effects (both short and long term) of four mediator strategies on party attitudes and outcomes. [Fn. 1] What follows is a summary of the project’s findings on these mediator strategies

Tort Law, Social Policy... and Bankruptcy

I cannot tell you what to think about the fact that the long-running Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, kicks off with a bankruptcy panel this year. The official title...

Is The Housing Bubble About To Burst? (Remember Last Time?)

Rising Interest Rates Increase Cost Of Home Purchases As values go down. ‘The picture of a softening housing market is becoming more clear, especially to home sellers who are increasingly turning to price drops as buyers become more cost-conscious

California court ruling opens auto lenders to bigger lawsuit payouts

ABA misses the mark in its defense of the Federal Home Loan banks

Sound banking regulation is a threat to oil and gas

Transparency in the Bankruptcy Process Part I

The third topic our Contributors tackle is transparency in the bankruptcy process. We asked our Contributors why creditors and debtors feel constrained by the transparency of the bankruptcy process. They jumped right into one of the more

Weekly News – May 27

Upcoming Symposium on Intra-Creditor Class Warfare What is class warfare? How we got here? Where do we go from here? Held June 21 from 1:00pm until 4:30pm Followed by Reception Brought to you by: The Symposium will bring together leading academics

Bankruptcy Matters For The Collar Counties To Be Heard In Chicago

A new announcement has just been submitted by the Clerk of the United States bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Going forward in the post-Covid future, the outlying collar county court calls will no longer be heard in those

Climate change is a risk for banks but it’s not the only one

Tort Law, Social Policy... and Bankruptcy

I cannot tell you what to think about the fact that the long-running Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, at DePaul Law School in Chicago, kicks off with a bankruptcy panel this year. The official title of the conference this year is

NEW YORK CHANGES ITS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CONSUMER DEBT COLLECTION CASES

The recently passed Consumer Credit Fairness Act (“CCFA”) instituted some wide-sweeping, and much needed, reforms in the debt collection practice in New York State. First and foremost, the New York Statute of Limitations (“SOL”) for commencing a debt

Regions’ new chief transformation officer has expansive mandate

In trying times, be a friend to keep a customer

OUR Credit Union in Michigan names new CEO