Bankruptcy Blogs

Attendees at the recent White House fintech summit shined a spotlight on shared innovation challenges. To overcome them and help the U.S. make progress in financial services, we need to embrace these three regulatory reforms.

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The law firm that has bailed colleges and universities out of NCAA athletic-compliance trouble is getting dragged into the bankruptcy courtroom, where fights are increasingly breaking out over tuition payments.

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Big day: Banks could use some good news this week, but it remains to be seen whether there's any in sight. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will release the second part of its annual stress tests, which could prove a bright spot for some banks. The exams will determine how much capital they can return to shareholders through buybacks or dividends. ...

The legislation to reform the Dodd-Frank Act promotes the idea that the best defense against another crisis is simpler, higher capital requirements, not prescriptive regulations.