Bankruptcy Blogs

I Never Want to See You Again….

12/30/13

avoid future debt problemsI enjoy meeting with my clients to discuss solutions to debt problems.  And over the years I have met some really pleasant and interesting people.  That being said, I hope that when your bankruptcy case is over, I will never see you again – at least for a

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Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez

12/30/13

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy.

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Bankruptcy Beat Snapshot: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez

12/30/13

To expand its municipal restructuring practice, FTI Consulting Inc. is turning to someone with firsthand experience: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, who shepherded the small town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., through its 2012 bankruptcy.

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It's a Wonderful Life, Through a Chief Risk Officer's Eyes

12/30/13

George Bailey has a lot to teach us about the ongoing basic risks faced by financial institutions.

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2014: What Dreams May Come

12/30/13

By Anders J. Maxwell

To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set expectations and frame prospects for the new year. For a cyclical business such as bankruptcy and restructuring, these prognostications have implications extending much further.

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2014: What Dreams May Come

12/30/13

By Anders J. Maxwell

To life’s certainties—death and taxes—you can add year-end predictions of things to come. As unreliable as the weather, nonetheless trying to divine the future based on recent experience and the economy’s knowns and unknowns set expectations and frame prospects for the new year. For a cyclical business such as bankruptcy and restructuring, these prognostications have implications extending much further.

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The Daily Docket: Counterparties Win in Lehman Judge’s Swaps Ruling

12/30/13
Bloomberg News

A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Counterparties Win in Lehman Judge’s Swaps Ruling

12/30/13
Bloomberg News

A recent bankruptcy-court decision in favor of Michigan’s state housing authority’s decision to terminate a swaps deal with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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