2014-10-08
Few assets in the hospitality industry are more valuable and important than the franchise agreement. The bankruptcy filing of a franchisor or a franchisee can greatly increase the uncertainty of how and when the provisions of a franchise agreement w
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2014-10-08
The amount that you pay back in a chapter 13 per month is dictated by your income and your expenses.
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2014-10-08
If you’re in the market for a solid, long-term investment, raw land may be worth a look.
2014-10-08
Because we couldn’t possibly top Judge Fisher’s opening line, we’re borrowing it for our introduction of
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2014-10-08
The Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion should require financial institutions to perform regular, standardized and data-driven assessments of workforce and supplier diversity.
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2014-10-08
The FSOC must provide well-reasoned justifications as to why it chooses to designate a firm as systemically important Â-- and provide a clear outline of the steps that companies can take to rid themselves of the SIFI label.
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2014-10-08
Receiving Wide Coverage ... Geithner's Turn: Most papers weighed in with coverage of Timothy Geithner's testimony on Tuesday, from Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's lawsuit challenging the federal bailout of AIG.
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2014-10-07
In “Getting Over the Scariness of Filing an Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition,”Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation (October 7, 2014), commercial bankruptcy attorney William Barrett argues that the risks of filing and involuntary bankruptcy petition are of
2014-10-07
As an early investor in Starbucks, Kenny G’s stock soared after the company’s IPO – up 12,000 percent.
2014-10-07
Believe it or not, there are certain circumstances where you are too broke to file. You simply don’t have the means to even come up with the filing fee which is $335. Just yesterday, a potential client walked 45 minutes to see me in my office.
Read More from: David M. Siegel | Chicago Bankruptcy Law
2014-10-07
Regardless of whether a creditor has a claim identified in a debtor’s schedules of assets and liabilities, generally speaking, most attorneys representing creditors in the context of a chapter 11 case will advise their clients to file a formal proof
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2014-10-07
While the Volcker Rule has been in the works since 2009, the final rule is new to professionals at both banks and regulatory agencies. Everyone involved faces a steep learning curve.
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2014-10-07
Congress should amend the bankruptcy code to permit borrowers to discharge student loan debt if their net monthly income is insufficient.
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2014-10-07
Not much new to say from the last time, except that this contempt order was
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2014-10-06
The IMF released its long-awaited paper on sovereign debt contract reform, advocating single-tier aggregated collective action (majority amendment) clauses and a clarifi
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2014-10-06
Generally, the priority scheme in section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code dictates the order in which a creditor is paid. For this reason, creditors can usually predict their standing among the other creditors awaiting payment.
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2014-10-06
The HMDA's reporting requirements should be expanded to include loan performance data along with mortgage origination data so that researchers and policymakers can better understand the state of credit access in the U.S.
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