Bankruptcy Blogs

With the recent decision of the United States Department of Justice  (which includes the Office of the United States Trustee) to NOT enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, aka DOMA, questions have been raised around the country whether same sex couples that have been married in a state that recognizes same sex marriage could then file a joint petition in bankruptcy [...]

Financial markets remain highly complex webs subject to major systemic shocks we are ill-equipped to identify before our financial system melts down.

Breaking News This Morning ... Sandy Weill Calls for Return of Glass-Steagall: No, you are not dreaming, and this is not a parody from The Onion. This is real. In a CNBC interview this morning, the architect of Citigroup says, "What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking from banking, have banks be deposit takers, have banks make commercial loans and real estate loans, have banks do something that's not going to...

We recently finished "A Preference Reference:  Common Issues that Arise in Delaware Preference Litigation."  Delaware has such a high volume of preference litigation, we thought it might be helpful to put together a brief publication that addresses the elements and common defenses to avoidable preference claims.  We wrote the booklet in a format that hopefully is helpful to attorneys and non-attorneys alike. A copy of the "Preference Reference" is available here<