ABI Blog Exchange

2014-10-13
In case you were wondering, Columbus Day is in the top ten of “legal holidays” that Bankruptcy Rule 9006 recognizes.
2014-10-13
Here is another story that is being sold to the public to try to create confidence that there will not be a Lehman #2.  Whether one buys it seems to come down to a question of whether banks should be relied on to keep contractual promises that are co

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2014-10-12
Bloomberg News reported that students from affluent families are taking out loans for college at twice the rate
2014-10-12
Per www.nytimes.com: By

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2014-10-12
Per www.irishexaminer.com:Wednesday, October 8, 2014By Caroline O’DohertyThe State agency set up to help free ordinary people from unmanageable debts has a fraction of the clients it expected desp

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2014-10-12
Per Reuters:Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:56pm EDTBy Randall Palmer and

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2014-10-12
Per www.foxbusiness.com: Published October 06, 2014ReutersWalt Disney Co (

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2014-10-12
At the end of the TV ad for LegalZoom there is a warning “Legalzoom is not a law firm or a substitute for the advice of an attorney and provides self-help services at your specific direction.  Attorney help is through a legal plan available in most s
2014-10-12
Per www.wsj.com:By Patrick FitzgeraldOct. 11, 2014 11:54 a.m. ETEndeavour International Corp.

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2014-10-12
Per www.globalinsolvency.com: Fri., October 10, 2014 The Espírito Santo Financial Group, which at one point held about 25 percent of the bailed-out Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, said

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2014-10-12
Per www.globalinsolvency.com:Thu., October 9, 2014A year after the epic collapse of his industrial empire, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's financial and legal troubles appear far from over, Reuters re

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2014-10-12
Saturday concluded NCBJ with ethics and the Supreme Court review.   (There was also a program on scientific studies of mindfulness which I missed).Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! An Ethics Game Show:  Retired Judge James H.
2014-10-11
In “RADIO SHACK BANKRUPTCY WATCH: Shareholders Refinance the Company (or Else Bankruptcy!) – A Mere Delay in the Inevitable?”, the Editorial Staff of Commercial Bankruptcy Investor  discusses why large shareholders of Radio Shack doubled down on thei
2014-10-11
Jeffrey Lacker, President of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, made the case for why large financial institutions should subject to bankruptcy as the ABI Luncheon Keynote Speaker.
2014-10-11
I spent the morning listening to presentations on very disparate topics:  hedge funds, examining an expert witness and the balance between secured creditors and unsecured creditors.
2014-10-10
William A. Strauss, an economist with the Chicago Fed, delivered the keynote address for the Commercial Law League of America's luncheon Thursday.
2014-10-10
In Episode 5 of Accredited Investor Markets Radio our host, Chris Cahill, has an in-depth discussion about investing in start-ups with guest, Brian Thopsey.
2014-10-10
Bankruptcy filings have dipped to their lowest rate since 1990,

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2014-10-10
Intellectual Property law is all around us and any business that chooses to ignore the area does so at its own peril.  This webinar series is designed to teach corporate attorneys who are not IP specialists enough about IP law so that they can spot i
2014-10-10
Defining your bank's limits on earnings and minimum capital requirements can help safeguard against the reckless pursuit of return on equity.

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