ABI Blog Exchange

2014-10-14
This past Saturday, October 11, 2014, marked an important day in the too-big-too-fail regulatory and industry initiative. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
2014-10-14
Before regulators require the country's largest banks to take on more burdensome regulations, they need to reconsider the parameters used to assess the threat of systemic risk.

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2014-10-14
Breaking News This Morning ... Earnings: JPM, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Receiving Wide Coverage ...

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2014-10-13
There are so many people that claim that they want to get out of debt, yet they don’t make the first step. They lament over their financial situation. They complain that they’re being held back and there’s nothing that they can do about it.
2014-10-13
The idea behind bankruptcy is to assist a person in resolving debt and learning better financial management. Being able to start again is not just about leaving the past behind, it also requires a person to protect their remaining assets.

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2014-10-13
The idea behind bankruptcy is to assist a person in resolving debt and learning better financial management. Being able to start again is not just about leaving the past behind, it also requires a person to protect their remaining assets.

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2014-10-13
Financial Poise, The ChamberWise Education Consortium, and West LegalEdcenter are pleased to announce a brand new webinar series for 2014, Finance and Accounting.
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