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

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Call for Papers: Section on Financial Institutions and Consumer Financial Services

Following is a call for papers to be presented as part of the section program at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting next January. The program takes place one and a half years after the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. The law

Are You Really in Good Hands? How Do You Know If Your Insurer Will Pay a Large Claim?

Not surprisingly, one of the core consumer protection issues in insurance is ensuring that carriers pay claims fairly and expeditiously. Unlike many contracts, insurance policies are sequential and contingent: whereas the policyholder performs

Purchasing Insurance as a Game of Chance: What Does Your Homeowners Policy Cover?

The core product that insurance consumers buy is a standard form contract. Unlike virtually any other market, though, it is virtually impossible for purchasers of personal lines coverage (i.e. homeowners, renters, and auto insurance) to scrutinize

Consumer Protection Strategies in Credit and Insurance: Why the Disconnect?

Many thanks to Credit Slips for inviting me to guest blog over the next week or so. My hope during this time is to explore what I view as an important puzzle in consumer protection regulation: why it is that consumer protection strategies in

Toni Braxton’s Grammys Take Spotlight in Bankruptcy

Associated Press The organization that hands out Grammy awards to musicians is taking the mic to speak up in Toni Braxton’s bankruptcy out of concern that the R&B and pop singer’s six awards could one day be sold. The National Academy of Recording

Bankruptcy Basics: What is a “cram-down”?

So, you meet with an attorney to discuss your options in bankruptcy. The attorney discusses a chapter 13 and says that you can “cram-down” your car in a chapter 13 case. Cram what!? I like the thought of cramming something somewhere for a particular

Credit Card Act of 2009

Boston bankruptcy clients have been asking us about applying for credit cards under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit Card Act of 2009). One "new" aspect of The Card Act, which goes into effect in

Decision in DBSI Inc., Reminds Us that District Courts have Personal Jurisdiction Throughout the United States

Summary In an 11 page decision signed June 22, 2011, Judge Walsh of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court denied a motion to dismiss, holding that the Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware has personal jurisdiction over an insider of a debtor when the

When Debt Collectors Have the Wrong Guy (or Gal)

Dealing with debt collectors can be stressful enough when you know you actually owe them money. But with cases of identity theft and mistaken identity, some people have the unpleasant experience of debt collector harassment when they don’t owe

The Daily Docket: MLB Takes Aim at Dodgers’ Owner

On the heels of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ demanding testimony from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and several other executives, the league’s attorneys would like a word with team owner Frank McCourt. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review