Bankruptcy Blogs

The Examiners: Public Policy on Executive Pay Falls Short

11/20/15

When it comes to pre-bankruptcy insider pay, how much disclosure is enough?

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Next Week in Bankruptcy

11/20/15

As Thanksgiving approaches, the bankruptcy court will be closed on Thursday and Friday of next week. But a few bankruptcy debtors will be squeezing in hearings next week before the break.

On Tuesday, Walter Energy Inc. will ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Birmingham, Ala., to approve rules governing an auction for its assets.

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Industry's Preference for Arbitration Is a Reality

11/20/15

Evidence points to thousands of arbitrations for individual claims in recent years, and there likely would have been more if not for negative publicity about arbitrations.

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The Examiners: ‘Goldilocks’ Offers Guidance on Insider Pay

11/20/15

When it comes to pre-bankruptcy insider pay, how much disclosure is enough?

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Morning Scan: Subprime Auto Loan Fears Unfounded: Equifax; Square's IPO as Bellwether

11/20/15

Wall Street Journal

The rise in auto-loan balances, fueled in part by subprime auto lending (read American Banker's coverage of the New York Fed report here), should not necessarily be viewed as a cause for alarm, Equifax's chief economist told the Journal. "The difference between having reliable transportation and not having reliable transportation is life-changing for people," Amy Crews Cutts said. "When you hit a rough patch and are financially on the edge, which is often...

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NextEra Off the Docket but Not Out of Mind for Energy Future’s Oncor

11/20/15

NextEra Energy isn’t out of the running for Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s Oncor, but its statement to the bankruptcy court was struck from the docket. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Energy Future Holdings Judge Knocks NextEra

11/19/15

Wednesday, NextEra Energy signaled that it is still interested in buying Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s valuable transmissions business, Oncor. Thursday, the court filing that delivered the message was stricken from the docket of Energy Future’s chapter 11 case.

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FDIC Fund Has Rallied, But Get Ready to Keep Paying Premiums

11/19/15

The industry deserves credit for rebuilding the Deposit Insurance Fund after the crisis, but victory is far from achieved in preparing agency reserves for the next crisis.

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Women in Banking: Goldman's Gender Imbalance; Barbie's Fed Ties

11/19/15

Did men get more than their fair share of the managing director promotions at Goldman Sachs, and what does Barbie have to do with a Fed trailblazer? Also, JPMorgan Chase's Mary Callahan Erdoes isn't getting on the robo-advisory bandwagon and women talk about "systematic sexism" in the journalism and entertainment fields.

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The Examiners: Pay Disclosures Keep Bankruptcy Transparent, Fair

11/19/15

When it comes to pre-bankruptcy insider pay, how much disclosure is enough?

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