Bankruptcy Blogs

New England Colleges Team Up to Fight Controversial Tuition Lawsuits

09/09/15
A tour stops at the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on June 12.
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How to Wean the Housing Market Off Taxpayer Support

09/09/15

The key to housing finance reform is a new securitization model that allows the private sector to price and absorb the majority of housing credit risk.

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Take It from a Millennial: Mortgage Lenders Need Us

09/09/15

Mortgage companies need the wisdom of millennial employees if they want to stand a chance with the growing consumer majority. HereÂ's how they can lure todayÂ's young people on board.

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Morning Scan: Regulators Launch JPM 'Steering' Probe; Buffett Stands Up for Moynihan

09/09/15

Receiving Wide Coverage

Support for Moynihan: Warren Buffett is standing up for Brian Moynihan. Bank of America's chairman and chief executive is facing a shareholder vote later this month that could strip him of his chairmanship. Some shareholders are angry that B of A's board reversed a corporate bylaw (which shareholders had approved), to give Moynihan the additional title. Not Buffett. In a CNBC interview on Tuesday, Buffett said the disagreement with shareholders is "no big...

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Haggen Holding Enters Chapter 11 Amid Albertsons Lawsuit

09/09/15

Haggen Holdings LLC, a supermarket operator from the West Coast, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after suing Albertsons Co. over a deal worth $300 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Texas Judges Explore State Law on Liens and Homestead Exemptions

09/08/15
Much state law regarding liens and property rights emerges from the Bankruptcy Courts because they are frequently the first to confront novel issues.   Two recent opinions from the Western District of Texas bankruptcy judges confirm this trend.   In one case, Judge Tony Davis found that an option to acquire a leased homestead could be claimed as exempt, No. 14-11006, James Wayne See (Bankr. W.D. Tex.
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How Do You C It?

09/08/15

One of the great challenges to the bankruptcy system if not to the American way of life is those who insist on capitalizing the  letter c when discussing chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. If it is "section 1129," as the Bluebook dictates, then it is "chapter 11." Both are merely designations for a portion of a statute.  The defense that is given to me is that the capitalized c just looks better. Are we supposed to capitalize words now merely because the mood strikes us? Are there no rules left? The horror. The horror.

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Hamptons Bus Service Files for Bankruptcy

09/08/15

Labor Day has come and gone, but here’s one more sign summer is over: a bus company that ferried Manhattanites to the Hamptons has filed for bankruptcy.

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Could a Smartphone Camera Topple Your Bank's Cybersecurity?

09/08/15

Visual hacking has emerged as a dangerously straightforward way to pierce banks' complex security systems. Here's how banks can ward off malevolent shoulder-surfers.

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Could a Smartphone Camera Pierce Your Bank's Cybersecurity?

09/08/15

Visual hacking has emerged as a dangerously straightforward way to pierce banks' complex security systems. Here's how banks can ward off malevolent shoulder-surfers.

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