Bankruptcy Blogs

Proposed Amendments Published for Public Comment

09/06/14

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules have proposed amendments to their respective rules and forms, and requested that the proposals be circulated to the bench, bar, and public for comment.

The following proposed amendments were approved for publication by the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure in May 2014.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Almost Over Edition

09/05/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Teresa and Joe Giudice’s bankruptcy case could soon come to an end, and Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has a $500,000 warrant out for his arrest. Also, Todd-Soundelux is selling its California sound studio.

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The Real Reason Bankers Oppose Credit Unions' Tax Exemption

09/05/14

Bankers criticize credit unions' tax-exempt status because they fear they are losing ground to member-owned financial cooperatives, writes the Credit Union National Association's Bill Hampel.

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The Examiners: J. Scott Victor On Men’s Role in Bridging the Gender Gap

09/05/14

What factors can make restructuring a difficult field in which to balance work and family obligations, and what should professional firms be doing to help emp

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The Examiners: Sharon Levine on Setting Boundaries

09/05/14

What factors can make restructuring a difficult field in which to balance work and family obligations, and what should profess

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Forward Motions: Momentive Moves Closer to Restructuring Approval

09/05/14

Tuesday in White Plains, N.Y., Momentive Performance Materials Inc.’s first-lien lenders will ask a bankruptcy judge if they can vote “yes” to the company’s restructuring plan even though they already voted no.

Changing the vote to yes would pay those bondholders in full, in cash, the nearly $1.5 billion they are owed. Previously, more than 80% of them voted to reject the plan, as part of an argument to collect so-called make-whole payments, or premiums they felt Momentum owed them for refinancing their bonds.

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Russian Bank Uses Free Cats (Yes, Cats) to Attempt Image Makeover

09/05/14

Russia's Sberbank is offering a "cat housewarming delivery service" to new mortgage borrowers in an effort to ditch its staid reputation, writes Austin Kilgore of National Mortgage News .

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The Daily Docket: Revel’s Closed, But Clubs Seek to Stay Open

09/05/14

The owner of the HQ Night Club and HQ Beach Club at the Revel Casino Hotel is suing the closed company, saying the clubs should remain open while their owner scrambles for approval of independent liquor licenses and access to a different parking lot for its patrons. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Morning Scan: MetLife Faces SIFI Tag; Apple to Boost Security

09/05/14

Receiving Wide Coverage ... MetLife and the Dreaded S-Word: Much to MetLifeÂ's dismay, the Financial Stability Oversight Council voted Thursday to propose that the firm be designated as a systemically important financial institution. The life insurerÂ's chief executive Steven A. Kandarian indicated that MetLife may contest being lumped into the group that includes nonbanks American International Group, Prudential Financial and General Electric Capital. The company is "not ruling out any of the available remedies under Dodd-FrankÂ...

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Detroit’s Bankruptcy Judge Challenges Major Creditors

09/04/14
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