Bankruptcy Blogs

Securitized Trust Did Not Meet Florida UCC Requirements for Enforcement of Lost Mortgage Note

10/11/13

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

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Spotlight on Janet Yellen; Our Risk Doctor Teaches Congress a Lesson

10/11/13

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

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Congress Must Address Flaws in Flood Insurance Reform

10/11/13

A law intended to make the National Flood Insurance Program sustainable could force many owners out of their homes and hurt the housing recovery.

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The Daily Docket: Furniture Brands Seeks OK for Bankruptcy Bonuses

10/11/13

The government’s bankruptcy watchdog is balking at Furniture Brands International’s bid to hand out more than $5 million in bonuses to a group of key employees, including several company insiders, the Daily Bankruptcy Review reports.

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Earnings Season Kicks Off; Default Fears Still Loom; The Former N.Y. Fed Examiner Who Dared Criticize Goldman (Hence 'Former,' She Says)

10/11/13

Breaking News This Morning ...

Earnings Season Kicks Off: JPMorgan and Wells Fargo reported third-quarter results this morning. A big theme this earnings season, according to the Journal's "Ahead of the Tape" column, will be the upward trajectory of long-term interest rates. That trend's bad for post-crisis profit boosters like mortgage refinancing and fixed-income trading, but generally positive in the long term for, you know, core banking. Receiving Wide Coverage ... ...

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A U.S. Default Is the Ultimate Systemic Risk

10/11/13

A lesson for Congress in liquidity risk and market contagion.

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Filing Bankruptcy To Save A Business

10/11/13

6447393819_13224928d7_mThere are two types of bankruptcy  that can be used for a business: liquidations and reorganizations.

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Bankruptcy Lawyer - Florida Homestead Exemption Does Not Apply Extraterritorially

10/10/13

Miami bankruptcy lawyer Jordan E. Bublick has over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. He has filed over 8,000 bankruptcy cases.

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Don't Undermine Liquidity for the Sake of Capital

10/10/13

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.

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U.S. Isolating Itself from Global Payments System

10/10/13

As the world accelerates toward faster and contactless payments, the U.S. has been reinforcing checks, avoiding global payments standards and pursuing closed-loop innovations that further isolate it.

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