Bankruptcy Blogs

The Daily Docket: Fortress in Talks to Buy LightSquared

12/23/13

Fortress Investment Group LLC is talking to banks about acquiring LightSquared Inc. from bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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The Daily Docket: Fortress in Talks to Buy LightSquared

12/23/13

Fortress Investment Group LLC is talking to banks about acquiring LightSquared Inc. from bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Financial System's Risk Navigator Still Has Blind Spots

12/23/13

The Office of Financial Research has made a number of improvements in its measurement of systemic risk but falls well short of providing a forward-looking assessment of emerging dangers.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Junk Edition

12/20/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Rhode Island’s governor blasts Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and Taylor Swift helps out the Nashville Symphony. Also, another N-Dubz member is in financial trouble.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Junk Edition

12/20/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Rhode Island’s governor blasts Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and Taylor Swift helps out the Nashville Symphony. Also, another N-Dubz member is in financial trouble.

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The Future of the Bank Branch; Farewell, Barb Rehm

12/20/13

A recap of the informed opinions (and discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

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Can Trustee Recover Fraudulent Transfer To A Charitable Organization?

12/20/13

People who receive money from Ponzi schemes usually have to return the money if the Ponzi organizer filed bankruptcy. The bankruptcy trustee typically pursues recipients of Ponzi profits as transferees of fraudulent transfers made by the Ponzi organizer. What happens when the Ponzi organizer donates part of Ponzi profits to a charity?

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Can Trustee Recover Fraudulent Transfer To A Charitable Organization?

12/20/13

People who receive money from Ponzi schemes usually have to return the money if the Ponzi organizer filed bankruptcy. The bankruptcy trustee typically pursues recipients of Ponzi profits as transferees of fraudulent transfers made by the Ponzi organizer. What happens when the Ponzi organizer donates part of Ponzi profits to a charity?

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OMG! SOS! SDRM! ... LOL ... (wherein we uncover the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Conspiracy)

12/20/13

You may have read about those radical plans by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to force governments to default on their debts as a condition of IMF support.

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What Banks Learned About Risk Management in 2013

12/20/13

Compliance is a top growing expense, the regulatory bar has increased, banks needs better talent management and cybersecurity is everyone's problem.

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