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  October 21, 2009 Senate Panel Considers Bill to Ease Bankruptcy Requirements for Debtors Overwhelmed by Medical Debt The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts held

  October 20, 2009 Dodd Introduces Legislation to Regulate Bank Overdraft Fees Bank customers who overdraw their checking accounts would get new protections from excessive penalties under legislation

  October 19, 2009 Catholic Diocese Files for Chapter 11 The Wilmington, Del., Catholic diocese filed for chapter 11 protection on the eve of a civil trial involving high-profile sex abuse, BBCNews

  October 16, 2009 Charter Communications Reorganization Plan Approved Charter Communications Inc., the bankrupt cable operator, won a judge's approval of its plan to reorganize by reinstating $11.8

  October 15, 2009 Judge Finds Some Tousa Loans to be Fraudulent Transfers Bankruptcy Judge John K. Olson ruled on Tuesday that loans made to Tousa Inc. ahead of the home builder's bankruptcy filing

  October 14, 2009 Financial Services Regulation Fuels Clash as House Committee Considers Legislation A public clash over proposals for financial-services regulation is intensifying between the White

  October 13, 2009 Report Calls on Administration to Re-examine Foreclosure Mitigation Program The Congressional Oversight Panel released a report on Friday saying that the Treasury Department should

  October 9, 2009 JPMorgan, Banks to Pay $100 Million in Lender Bankruptcy Case JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group AG agreed to pay $100 million to settle a

  October 8, 2009 Frank Pledges to Revise Derivatives Draft House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said yesterday that he would narrow his proposal to better regulate the

  October 7, 2009 Debt-Market Paralysis Deepens Credit Drought The continued disarray in debt-securitization markets, which in recent years were the source of roughly 60 percent of all credit in the