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

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Foreclosure Crisis in Europe vs US

While European markets have seen increases in mortgage foreclosures, more robust regulatory intervention seems to have kept defaults and foreclosures to much lower levels than we are experiencing in the United States. At the peak of the crisis a year

The Bankruptcy Option for Countrywide

In 2008, Bank of America acquired Countrywide Financial, a mortgage lending company that was heavily involved in subprime lending practices during the housing boom. Since the merger between the two companies, Countrywide has proven a costly addition

Is More Work A Silver Bullet For Debt Troubles?

If you were to listen to some of the opponents of bankruptcy, then you might believe that working harder and longer hours can solve Americans’ debt troubles. But does taking on an extra job or overtime hours offer a “silver bullet” to debt troubles

Rule No.1: Don’t Bribe The Bankruptcy Judge

In a recent bankruptcy dispute, a bankruptcy attorney found himself facing a possible ban on practicing law, after he allegedly sent an “unprofessional and disrespectful” court filing to the bankruptcy court and then tried to resolve the dispute by

The Daily Docket: Cerberus Is Still Interested In Innkeepers

Cerberus Capital Management LP remains interested in buying 64 Innkeepers USA Trust hotels for a lower price than the private-equity firm had agreed to in a previous deal, The Wall Street Journal reports. Nebraska Book Co. Tuesday won permission to

What Is A Bad Faith Bankruptcy?

Filing a bad faith bankruptcy can mean the death of automatic stay projection and since the automatic stay is the shield which protects debtors from creditors it’s basically a very harsh punishment. A bankruptcy case may be considered bad faith if

Summer's Over

And I'm back up on Dealbook, this time about the Greek-Finish fiasco.

Does Owning Florida Real Estate Confer Eligibility To File Bankruptcy In Florida?

An attorney called me today to ask me about his client who had moved from Florida to Ohio a few months ago to take a new job and establish a new residence The same client still owned a piece of...

Can you drop your mom from a student loan?

After two to three years, Mom can exit your college loan and not hurt your credit score.

5 cheap tips to boost your home's value

Looking for cheap ways to make buyers lust after your home? These are almost free.

The pros and cons of investing in gold

Gold bars, gold mines, gold stocks, gold funds. For every upside, there's a downside.

Would your adult children rip you off?

Look out. Experts say most acts of financial elder abuse are committed by family members.

3 reasons you can't buy IPO shares

Dream of getting in on the ground floor? Here's why you can't buy in on the next hot IPO.

Is it smart to buy tuition insurance?

Your investment can be protected if your scholar withdraws from college, but consider the caveats.

Low Rates Mean It's Time for Some Old-School Lending

Negative interest rates is a call to arms. Japan hesitated and sank into the "lost decade." The solution is inescapable: American banks must start lending.

Hurricanes Scandal Casts Cloud Over College Football

(This has been cross-posted from Law Blog.) Associated Press/El Nuevo Herald By Nathan Koppel With the college football season due to begin in about a week, all eyes now rest on the University of Miami. Some players on the Hurricanes football squad

Downgrade Was a Statement on Stewardship, Not Capacity

The downgrade was a judgment on the stewardship, and not on the capacity of our federal government. That does not mean, however, that the downgrade is without consequence.

Was Indiana Bankrupt?

A friend of mine here in Champaign, Roger Prillaman, told me he was strolling the Indianapolis Canal Walk and saw a historical marker about how the state of Indiana became bankrupt in 1839. The canal walk is a remnant of the Whitewater Canal, an

Conflicts on the New York Fed Board

The regional federal reserve banks are weird, hybrid creatures, both private bankers' banks and public governmental agents. This hybrid existence means that they have conflicts baked into their DNA--they are both supposed to serve and regulate their

Stern Consequences

The folks at the Weil bankruptcy blog do a great service in summarizing some of the initial consequences of the US Supreme Court's Stern v. Marshall decision. Suffice it to say, Mr. Chief Justice Robert's optomisim may have fallen. At the first