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11/22/13
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Military Lending Act Has Loopholes Says NY Times Dealbook

11/22/13

Just as I was getting ready to roll out an article agreeing with Creola Johnson and explaining why Congress should implement a 36% cap, like the Military Lending Act, for all of us, the Dealbook rolled out this story.  A

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves Jefferson County’s Exit Plan

11/22/13
Reuters
A manhole cover bears the logo/design of Jefferson County, Alabama in this August 9, 2011, file photo.

A bankruptcy judge cleared Jefferson Count

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The Daily Docket: Judge Approves Jefferson County’s Exit Plan

11/22/13
Reuters
A manhole cover bears the logo/design of Jefferson County, Alabama in this August 9, 2011, file photo.

A bankruptcy judge cleared Jefferson Count

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Bank M&A Lessons from Obamacare Website Disaster

11/22/13

Bank buyers should be taking notes about the problems with HealthCare.gov. A bad online integration of an acquisition could send new customers to the door, or worse: to Twitter.

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Client Wins $10,000 Judgment Against Creditor

11/22/13

A bankruptcy court today gave one of my bankruptcy clients a $10,000 judgment against one of his creditors for attempting to collect a debt after the entry of the debtor’s discharge. A key part of my client’s success was his detailed documentation of collection letters and calls as well as my own repeated written warnings to the creditor.

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Client Wins $10,000 Judgment Against Creditor

11/22/13

A bankruptcy court today gave one of my bankruptcy clients a $10,000 judgment against one of his creditors for attempting to collect a debt after the entry of the debtor’s discharge. A key part of my client’s success was his detailed documentation of collection letters and calls as well as my own repeated written warnings to the creditor.

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Yellen Is Now Un-Filibuster-Able; Mayday for Payday Loans; Bitcoin Potpourri

11/22/13

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Yellen in Home Stretch: The Senate Banking Committee voted to confirm Janet Yellen's nomination for Federal Reserve chairman, and a change in Senate filibuster rules virtually guarantees she'll be confirmed by the full chamber. That change in parliamentary procedure — the "nuclear option" Majority Leader Harry Reid's been brandishing — will prevent filibusters for most presidential nominees. As such, it "represents a substantial power shift in a chamber that for more than...

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Ousted Fannie Mae CFO Tells His Side of the Story

11/21/13

Tim Howard, dismissed with former CEO Franklin Raines in late 2004, claims in a new book, "The Mortgage Wars," that the GSE was quite healthy — but was the victim of vicious attacks by a banking lobbyist group and regulators.

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