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People have been asking me to elaborate on the Rodenstock ruling in the UK, and so I reproduce below my piece about this very interesting development for the American Bankruptcy Institute International Committee Newsletter, which is also available
If your bankruptcy attorney is a member of the National As
On September 16, 2011, Judge Bannister ruled that a Madoff feeder fund in liquidation could not recover from its investors the purchase price it had paid to them upon their redemption of shares even though the price it had paid was based on inform
Earlier this month, James Carroll in his capacity as the "Wind Down Professional" for the Velocity Express bankruptcy, began filing preference actions against various defendants.  As alleged in the preference complaints, Carroll was appointed
A homeowner with an upside-down mortgage wants to walk away and start over with a new home.
How you build your portfolio should depend on your goals, time horizon and your tolerance for risk.
Your bankruptcy filing can stir deep emotions.  More than a few times, I have received calls from individual (as opposed to corporate) creditors who, after receiving a bankruptcy notice, have called me to express their displeasure that my cl
In this time of low yields, are bond ETFs a good place to park your cash?
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This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the sports world is again overshadowing the rest of the celebrity bankruptcy world.
Alternative capital instruments would allow mutually held banks to become more vital providers of financial services.
Why on earth we would continue to extend programs intended to protect banks and hence their depositors to any entity that substantially engages in issuing and dealing in securities?