ABI Blog Exchange

2016-05-02
BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq – BIND), a clinical-stage nanomedicine platform company development novel targeted therapeutic, primarily for the treatment of cancer, and its affiliate BIND Biosciences Secur
2016-05-02
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Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2016-05-02
In bankruptcy cases, things often move more slowly than people would like or expect.  In addition to dealing with oversight by the bankruptcy court and the United States Trustee, a debtor typically spends significant time engaging with its lenders an

Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs

2016-05-02
By: Donald L. Swanson The distressed debtor is the Republic of Argentina. Ok .. . so not everyone gets to handle a case of this magnitude.

Read More from: Mediatbankry

2016-05-01
During the first quarter of 2016, the Fifth Circuit handed down some important decisions relating to bankruptcy and debt.     These include cases about how attorneys get paid from PACA proceeds, standing to object, denial of discharge, dismissal for
2016-04-30
Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps    Below is a summary of the activity reported for April 2016.

Read More from: The Ponzi Blog

2016-04-29
Coal giant Peabody Energy Corp. will make its second bankruptcy-court appearance next week, requesting full and final access to $800 million in bankruptcy financing.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2016-04-29
The latest in a line of fraudulent transfer decisions in the Madoff case has added to the case-law regarding what level of knowledge is needed to plead actual fraud in securities Ponzi scheme cases.
2016-04-29
The prosecution of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert illustrates why it makes sense to require bankers to share suspicions with the authorities.

Read More from: BankThink

2016-04-29
With consumers generally averse to risk, financial institutions have an opportunity to rethink what it means to make bets in line with their customers' well-being.

Read More from: BankThink

2016-04-29
Core Media Group, the company responsible for the hit show American Idol, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection citing deterioration in its financial perform

Read More from: Bonds & Botes, P.C.

2016-04-29
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Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2016-04-29
Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge Tony Davis has written a very helpful opinion on valuing a truck in a chapter 13 case.   The ten page opinion is packed with extensive footnotes as well as practical guidelines.   In the end, the valuation i
2016-04-29
While it is true that more consumers complain to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about their mortgages, the data still reinforces the idea that overdraft fees are more high-cost credit than protection.

Read More from: BankThink

2016-04-29
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Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2016-04-28
What happens when the counterparties on both sides of a contract are debtors in separate bankruptcy cases and their estates have contrary views about whether to reject or assume a contract?  This was exactly the issue faced by the Bankruptcy Court fo
2016-04-28
State Prosecutors Accuse Student Loan Giant Of Wrongdoing
2016-04-28
A ninth-grader challenges Bank of America's CEO; the San Francisco Fed has a lot of interest in fintech; FinCEN's Jennifer Shasky Calvery is leaving, possibly for a banking job; Wells Fargo's Secil Watson talks up a new biometrics option; and Sallie

Read More from: BankThink

2016-04-28
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Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat