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Proposals for a supplemental leverage ratio would treat cash, and the safest cash-like assets, like any risky asset. This may discourage banks from keeping their current high levels of liquidity.

With the CFTC on hiatus during the government shutdown, the industry should take the opportunity to consider the potential damage for a market that has become integral to banking.

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A Deal to Be Had? Finally? All eyes remain fixed on Washington this week, as patience wears thin and lawmakers try to come up with an agreement to end the government shutdown and avert the looming debt ceiling. Democrats and Republicans have so far refused to negotiate with one another, but signs of a deal may be starting to emerge. (The game of chicken can only go on so long before the...

Last week, Charles M. Forman, acting as Chapter 7 Trustee (the “Trustee”) for Open Range Communications (“Open Range”) began filing complaints to recover what the Trustee contends are avoidable preferences. The Trustee filed the preference actions in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court and argues that the transfers, or payments, received by various defendants are avoidable and subject to recovery under 11 U.S.C. § 547 and 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

Miami Personal Bankruptcy Lawyer Jordan E. Bublick has over 25 years of experience in filing Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. His office is centrally located in Miami at 1221 Brickell Avenue, 9th Fl., Miami and may be reached at (305) 891-4055.  www.bublicklaw.com