ABI Blog Exchange

2015-01-25
The law governing Arizona anti-deficiency protection for residential property has finally been clarified by the Arizona Supreme Court.
2015-01-24
A good friend of mine, Larry Karandreas, said “good advice = bad faith?”.  This is a warning to all consumer debtor attorneys and their clients.  The adage refers to the reality that
2015-01-24
Once a tenant files for bankruptcy, it has three options regarding the lease: it can assume the lease and continue performing all obligations, or assume and assign the lease to a third party, or reject the lease and surrender the premises and termina
2015-01-23
In ruling on a very unfortunate situation (more on that below), Judge Shannon issued an opinion on July 24, 2014 in the Aro bankruptcy, holding that a state court decision concerning the validity of a lien cannot be challenged in Bankruptcy Court.  I
2015-01-23
This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa Giudice looks “so amazing” in prison, TLC is using Kickstarter to fund their final album, and Timothy Durham was profiled on CNBC true-crime TV show “American Greed.”

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa Giudice looks “so amazing” in prison, TLC is using Kickstarter to fund their final album, and Timothy Durham was profiled on CNBC true-crime TV show “American Greed.”

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
Join us for Episode 20 of Accredited Investor Markets Radio, a discussion with Ron Miller of StartEngine.
2015-01-23
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

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2015-01-23
The timing of a bankruptcy petition filing is often a carefully calculated decision that a debtor makes to obtain certain protections of the Bankruptcy Code, most notably, the automatic stay, in advance of a looming event.
2015-01-23
Shipping company Nautilus Holdings Ltd. has a chance to clear the final hurdle to leaving bankruptcy protection if a judge approves the Bermuda company’s reorganization plan next Friday.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
Shipping company Nautilus Holdings Ltd. has a chance to clear the final hurdle to leaving bankruptcy protection if a judge approves the Bermuda company’s reorganization plan next Friday.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
Hacker groups like Anonymous have announced plans to target banks that are helping to finance ISIS and other terrorist organizations. But it is governments, banks and regulators that need to work harder at rooting out the sources of ISIS's funding.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-01-23
Hacker groups like Anonymous have announced plans to target banks that are helping to finance ISIS and other terrorist organizations. But it is governments, banks and regulators that need to work harder at rooting out the sources of ISIS's funding.

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2015-01-23
The company behind the in-flight catalog SkyMall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, a victim of evolving rules and technology that now lets airline passengers keep their smartphones and tablets powered up during flight. Read the Dai

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
The company behind the in-flight catalog SkyMall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, a victim of evolving rules and technology that now lets airline passengers keep their smartphones and tablets powered up during flight. Read the Dai

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-01-23
Former Miss America Bess Myerson helped overhaul Citi's consumer loan contracts in the 1970s. Then she turned her attention to cleaning up the bank's collections unit.

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2015-01-23
The general counsel of a financially distressed company calls you.  She of course clearly states that her company does not need to file a chap

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