Bankruptcy Blogs

Chapter 7 Dismissed Due to Totality of Circumstances

10/06/13

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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Statutory $4,000 Personal Property Exemption is in Addition to the Constitutional $1,000 Personal Property Exemption

10/06/13

Miami Personal Bankruptcy Attorney 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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Pros and Cons of Online Price Estimators; Best Ways to Regulate

10/04/13

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

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Bankruptcy Judge Sends a Message to Bank of America

10/04/13
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Bank of America Corp. has been ordered to pay $10,000 per month for e

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The Broke and the Beautiful: MLB Edition

10/04/13

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, a fight involving 38 Studios is back in play. Also, the owner of the Houston Astros is fighting Comcast’s bid to control CSN Houston.

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U.S. Judge Orders Irish Developer to Open Books

10/04/13

A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ordered Sean Dunne, once one of Ireland’s biggest property developers, to open his books to a U.S. bankruptcy trustee saying he can’t hide behind Irish family law to avoid answering questions about his finances.

Judge Alan H.W. Shiff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bridgeport, Conn., in a ruling Thursday, said Mr. Dunne must turn over his financial records to Richard Coan, the bankruptcy trustee overseeing the developer’s Chapter 7 case, and to testify under oath to his Irish creditors.

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Swipe Fee Ruling an Opportunity to Properly Test Durbin

10/04/13

The Debit Interchange Fee Study Act called for a six-month regulatory study on the cost of the rules and their impact on consumers. There are good reasons to revisit that approach now.

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Don't even think about it, Argentina. (And tell us if you do.)

10/04/13

No news as yet about whether the Supreme Court has reached a decision on Argentina's pending petition for certiorari. In the interim, however, the district judge decided to enter this order. Recall that the injunction against Argentina includes a "no workaround" part that forbids the country to take steps to evade the injunction.

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Citi Fined $30 Million for Early Apple Info Release; CFTC Chair to Step Down

10/04/13

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Citi Fined: Citigroup has agreed to pay a Massachusetts regulator $30 million for allowing an analyst to share unpublished research about Apple with a handful of hedge funds, including SAC Capital. The Journal calls the case "a vivid example of a problem many critics say isn't going away: sloppy controls over the market-sensitive information flowing between analysts and investors." Dealbook suggests the incident says something about SAC Capital, which was indicted on...

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The Daily Docket: Citi Fights Lehman Payout

10/04/13
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Citigroup Inc.

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