2015-08-19
Patriot Coal Corp. will soon be able to poll creditors on its chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.
Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat
2015-08-19
Latest Lehman judgment reassures end users on Close-out Rights
Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs
2015-08-18
We have all heard, and perhaps felt, there is a foreclosure crisis. We hear the stories about banks misusing their power to misdirect homeowners into default or f
Read More from: Diane L. Drain - Phoenix Bankruptcy & Foreclosure Attorney
2015-08-18
In the latest chapter of the New Century bankruptcy cases, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a district court’s decision on the sufficiency of the debtors’ publication notice and remanded the case back to the district court to determ
Read More from: Business Finance & Restructuring News - Weil
2015-08-18
I've got an op-ed in the American Banker about the CFPB's data collection, which has become the latest inside-the-Beltway
Read More from: Credit Slips
2015-08-18
FIS and merger partner SunGard, along with all other vendors in the space, have not been able to come to market with innovative core systems or software platforms that adequately address the new digital paradigm banks face.
Read More from: BankThink
2015-08-18
(Can the Commission’s SME proposal better-adapt Chapter 11 for Main Street?)
(Yes, Bark Marketing needs to update for the upcoming season. Go Dawgs!)
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2015-08-18
Two Citigroup affiliates have agreed to pay nearly $180 million to settle charges they defrauded investors in two hedge funds that collapsed during the financial crisis by claiming they were safe, low-risk investments, the Securities and Exchange Com
2015-08-18
On 5 August 2015, the President of the Republic of Poland signed an amendment to the Act of 29 August 1997 on Covered Bonds and Mortgage Banks and related
Read More from: Squire Patton Boggs
2015-08-18
Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data collection haven't bothered to learn the basic facts about the data the regulator collects before veering off into black helicopter paranoia.
Read More from: BankThink
2015-08-18
A New Head in the Fed: The new president of the Dallas Federal Reserve is something of a mystery man.
Read More from: BankThink
2015-08-18
Until the recent United States Supreme Court ruling to recognize gay marriage, same-sex couples faced challenges when approaching Social Security. The new bill changes that.
Read More from: Scholnick Law
2015-08-17
For many parents with school-age kids, the month of August marks the end of summer vacation and the start of the new school year, and in this spirit, a post on practice fundamentals seems appropriate. Specifically, attorneys are responsible for (i)
Read More from: Business Finance & Restructuring News - Weil
2015-08-17
The SEC's new rule requiring companies to disclose the relationship between CEO pay and that of the median employee may be a headache for big banks.
Read More from: BankThink
2015-08-17
On July 15, 2015, David Weil, Administrator for the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, issued an “Administrator’s Interpretation” regarding independent contractor misclassification—essentially firing a warning shot at the arma
2015-08-17
While marketplace lenders have introduced valuable innovation into financial services, they carry a fundamental flaw that threatens to undermine their business, destabilize financial markets and cause real economic hardship.
Read More from: BankThink
2015-08-17
As explained in a prior post, the Liquidating Trustee had sent out demand letters, the first step towards preference litigation. The prior post is here:
Read More from: Delaware Bankruptcy Litigation