Bankruptcy Blogs

Why Yellen Must Declare Fed's Independence from Treasury

11/12/13

The 2008 financial crisis forced the Fed and Treasury into a too-cozy relationship and the Dodd-Frank law cemented it. Janet Yellen should use her confirmation hearing this week to reassert the central bank’s independence from the administration, argues editor-at-large Barbara Rehm

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Judge Dismisses DMX Bankruptcy

11/11/13
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DMX performs onstage at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Sept.
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Judge Dismisses DMX Bankruptcy

11/11/13
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DMX performs onstage at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Sept.
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New Liquidity Rules Will Put a Drag on Mortgage Finance

11/11/13

The proposed treatment of mortgage securities and associated mortgage financing activities will constrain the sector while handicapping efforts to bring private capital back to the secondary market.

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The Daily Docket: Bond Insurers Sue Detroit

11/11/13
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A view of the city of Detroit from midtown.

Municipal bond insurers are accusing Detroit of illegally spending certain tax

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The Daily Docket: Bond Insurers Sue Detroit

11/11/13
Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
A view of the city of Detroit from midtown.

Municipal bond insurers are accusing Detroit of illegally spending certain tax

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Yellen's Confirmation Hearings: More than Just a Formality

11/11/13

Bankers do not select the people who regulate them. To work, our system requires smart and prudent regulators as much as it requires smart and prudent bankers. Confirmation hearings should help us find out if Janet Yellen will be such a regulator.

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Bankruptcy Law Turns 8

11/11/13

img_large_watermarkedLast month, on October 17th, the bankruptcy law turned 8. In 2005, the government passed the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act:  BAPCPA. It became the bankruptcy law on October 17, 2005.

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Research Symposium at Suffolk Law on Student Loans

11/10/13

Suffolk Law School and the National Consumer Law Center are convening a Research Symposium on Student Loans in Boston on April 10th and 11th.  The goal of the Symposium, which is invitation-only, is to bring together the nation’s top experts, including academics, attorneys, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government officials, to discuss research and policy related to student loans. We invite paper proposals that are empirical, qualitative, theoretical or policy-oriented.  Topics of particular interest are:

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