Bankruptcy Blogs

Regulators are confused about whether to use capital buffers as a tool to stamp out too big to fail banks or as a cushion to protect the financial system from the next crisis. But the Dodd-Frank Act gives them a clear mandate: to eliminate market expectations of a government bailout.

Have Chapter 11 restructurings become so expensive that professionals are essentially pricing themselves out of business? 

Have Chapter 11 restructurings become so expensive that professionals are essentially pricing themselves out of business? 

The CFPB has a historic opportunity to fix the small-dollar loan market by emulating Colorado's reforms. That would mean requiring all payday lenders to offer affordable installment payments and cracking down on deceptive practices like loan flipping.

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Not So Fast: So now that Standard & Poor's has signed off on a $1.5 billion settlement, you'd think the credit ratings agency would be able to move on from the incident and reclaim the industry's reputation? Not so fast, my friend. The Journal takes a closer look at a statement of facts signed by the Justice Department and S&P, and finds troubling signs. The New York Times, on the other hand,...