Bankruptcy Blogs

Enforce Regulations-Not Regulators' Whims

09/10/12

Increasingly burdensome requirements, such as small business panels and cost-benefit analysis, inhibit writing of new regulations. But substituting enforcement actions that unevenly apply vague or unwritten rules betrays the regulatory mandate.

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The Daily Docket: Resort Owner Defends Stalking-Horse Bidder Protections

09/10/12

The owner of several U.S. luxury resorts says it was “compelled” to offer controversial buyer protections to Singapore’s real-estate investment arm in order to secure its $1.5 billion bid. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Rejoice Taxpayers, the Government is Selling Most (But Not All) of its Stock in AIG

09/10/12

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

AIG Stock for Sale: The Treasury Department announced on Sunday that it is getting ready to sell $18 billion of the stock it purchased in American International Group during the controversial 2008 bailout of the insurance firm. The sale is expected to reduce the federal government — or, as the FT notes, "the U.S. taxpayer" — to a minority shareholder in the company for the first time since the financial crisis. According...

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Need More Capital, Credit Unions? Switch to a Bank Charter

09/10/12

The inclusion of secondary capital as part of credit unions' net worth would give them yet another unfair regulatory advantage over banks.

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Home Mortgage First Aid Kit

09/10/12

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If your home isn’t the refuge that storybooks say because of mortgage troubles, don’t give up.

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Financial Failure Fiction (and Poetry)

09/08/12

If I am not mistaken, it has been a while since Credit Slips has featured discussions of "bankruptcy literature." So I thought I would report that I just finished The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter, whom Janet Maslin called a "deft humorist and catastrophist" back in 2009.

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Bankruptcy Attorney

09/07/12

Bankruptcy Attorney

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Law In Kc

09/07/12

Law In Kansas City specialises in bankruptcy, divorce, family law, child custody, estate planning, traffic and probate law. 816-479-2700

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Banks Should Drop Tricks and Traps for Good

09/07/12

Under pressure from a regulator solely focused on protecting the consumers' financial interest, many banks have started abandoning suspect practices. Let's keep it that way.

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