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
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2016-04-30
Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for April 2016.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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2016-04-29
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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
Read More from: A Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog
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.
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2016-04-29
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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
Read More from: Business Finance & Restructuring News - Weil
2016-04-28
State Prosecutors Accuse Student Loan Giant Of Wrongdoing
Read More from: Diane L. Drain - Phoenix Bankruptcy & Foreclosure Attorney
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
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2016-04-28
Success rates vary wildly for innovation labs, but some basic principles increase a bankÂ's chances of the incubation process leading to viable product expansion.
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2016-04-28
Income Whether you are eligible to file under a particular chapter of the bankruptcy code is dependent upon a number of factors. One of the most critical factors is whether or not you qualify based on income.
Read More from: David M. Siegel | Chicago Bankruptcy Law
2016-04-28
Last week, my law partner Mary and I had the opportunity to attend the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Roundtable which featured Martha
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2016-04-28
Innovation in financial services faces a hurdle in the narrow, short-term profit motives of predatory patent trolls. Here is what startups can do to ward off attacks.
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