ABI Blog Exchange

2015-07-22
Accredited investors will soon be sharing equity crowdfunding platforms with a new crowd: the presumably less sophisticated but potentially massive crowd of non-accredited investors.
2015-07-22
G Street Fabrics, an icon from downtown Washington, D.C.,’s department-store era that later fled to the suburbs, is planning to trim its store count using bankruptcy protection.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-07-22
With Title II of the JOBS Act in place and the ban on general solicitation repealed for investments from accredited investors, a new era in raising capital from “friends, family and fools” has emerged.
2015-07-22
Nobody enjoys the experience of making a payment Â-- so a growing number of companies are likely to follow Uber's lead and make transactions so easy they're practically invisible.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-07-22
Sixth Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court Order Allowing Amended Exemptions Following Re-Opening of Case

Read More from: Michigan Bankruptcy Blog

2015-07-22
For those focused on the debt restructuring market, the Greek sovereign crisis (covered extensively in our recent updates1) has drowned out news of other debt restructuring matters this year.
2015-07-22
A growing number of regulators have indicated their support for raising the asset thresholds at which banks face new regulatory requirements. That's welcome news Â-- but time is of the essence in implementing any changes.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-07-22
C. Wonder, the apparel, accessory and home goods chain that shut down and filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, may get new life.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-07-21
Rolling back unnecessarily burdensome and costly regulations is the only way to ensure credit unionsÂ' survival.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-07-21
This is the next post in Plan Proponent’s series on the plan confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission

Read More from: Plan Proponent

2015-07-21
By Ron Peterson and Landon RaifordJenner & Block, LLPChicago, IL   On July 7, the Seventh Circuit delivered two o

Read More from: CLLA Bankruptcy Blog

2015-07-21
For the first time, investors and fund managers put more of their trust – and more money – into relatively young exchange traded funds (ETF) and ETF products than into the much older hedge fund industry at the end of Q2.
2015-07-21
Attorney.  Counselor.  Advisor.  As “the last bastion of the generalist,” the role of the restructuring attorney takes various forms and requires a restructuring attorney to wear many different hats – at times acting both as lawyer and business advis
2015-07-21
On the five-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, it's time to increase accountability and transparency at the CFPB.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-07-21
Client, with the assistance of its attorney, engages in illegal conduct.  Client places money received from its illegal conduct in the attorney’s trust account.  Attorney absconds with these illegal funds.  When the client brings a non-dischargeabili

Read More from: Creditors' Rights