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Insolvency Service “reframes” view of creditor – IPs can apply their discretion (UK)

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Alsip Bankruptcy Attorney Explains How A Chapter 13 Plan Payment Is Calculated

Link Your Chapter 13 plan is determined based on your income, your assets and your liabilities. And it breaks it down by your debts and obligations in order to pay them off within five years. Once the plan is filed, the creditors will file claims

Financial Stability Board Calls for Effective Consumer Finance Protection

The Financial Stability Board, an international organization operating under the auspices of the G20 countries, this week issued its Report on Consumer Finance Protection. http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_111026a.pdf FSB

Financial Stability Board on the Need for Effective Consumer Finance Protection

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The Debit Fee Outrage Is Justified

This isn't about Bank of America covering its costs. It's about hanging on to the excessive fees the bank got used to charging retailers. Only now it's the consumer's turn to get gouged.

Prune Branches, Compete on Account Terms

Face the fact that fewer customers are going to pay to support branch costs when they can do more of their transactions more conveniently in other ways. We're way past the tipping point.

Is What's Good for MetLife Good for Us All?

One need only think back to the AIG experience to feel nervous about MetLife's intention to deregister as a bank holding company and join the ranks of the "shadow" financial sector.

11-9: Stern v. Marshall

Weil partner, Gary Holtzer, will serve on a panel at The Heyman Center at Cardozo Shool of Law. November 9, 2011 Cardozo School of Law – Yeshiva University Jacob Burns Moot Court Room 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 On June 23, 2011, the United

Are Cozy Ties Muzzling S&P on MF Global Downgrade?

Jon Corzine's old ways got his firm into to trouble. Now he's hoping old ties will bail it out.

In Re Vandenbosch, Social Security And Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

The question of whether a Chapter 13 Debtor must include their social security benefits in the determination of disposable monthly income has been decided in Southwest Florida. In the past, debtors were required to use their social security to repay

Big-Time Bankruptcy Myths – Exposed

When it comes to declaring bankruptcy, there are plenty of myths circulating out there – and some of them are doing serious damage to your finances. If you’ve ever put off filing for bankruptcy because you were embarrassed that everyone would find

The Broke and the Beautiful: World Series Edition

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, the Texas Rangers come closer to winning their first World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers and owner Frank McCourt are fraught with drama, and a $10 million home on South Florida’s Star Island that was once

Doc Holliday’s Dentist Chair Up for Sale in Bankrupt Harrisburg

"Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital, plans to auction off more than 8,000 relics ranging from 1900s- era rifles to wooden wagons that were meant to be part of a Wild West museum in the bankrupt city in the Northeast. Representatives of 10...

LACBA Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section

The Mortgage Morass: MERS, Securitization, Servicers and Robots Thursday, November 3, 2011 Los Angeles County Bar Association 1055 West 7th Street, 27th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 1.0 hr CLE Analysis and Practice Tips on Recent Foreclosure Cases: -

How To File Bankruptcy After A Move

If you recently moved from one state to another, there are certain rules that will impact where and how you file bankruptcy. Let’s take a look at a few of those rules and other considerations a debtor must make before filing bankruptcy after a move

Section 1108—Authorization to Operate Business

For this month’s highly anticipated Weil Bankruptcy Blog Breaking the Code entry, the super-secret section generator that resides in an undisclosed location on the 27th floor of Weil’s New York office spat out section 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges--10/14/11--Too Big to Fail

Dr. Thomas Hoenig was the Friday luncheon speaker. He served for twenty-five years as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He said that he "wanted to get you on board that Too Big to Fail is bad policy." He warned that the

Disposable Income and Bankruptcy

When you file for bankruptcy you’ll need to determine your disposable income. There are a couple different ways to do this, one is more involved and detailed, but you may want to use more than one method to see which result is more useful for you

The Daily Docket: Innkeepers Exits Bankruptcy

Innkeepers USA Trust on Thursday said it has closed its $1.02 billion sale of 64 hotels to Cerberus Capital Management LP, the last step in the hotelier’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here. Hussey

Early payoff with mortgage calculator

Using a mortgage calculator shows how to save money by making extra loan payments.

Mutual funds vs. ETFs: What's the difference?

These investments bear a close resemblance, but vary when it comes to fees and tax advantages.