Bankruptcy Blogs

Too Big to Behave, Not Too Big for Punishment

07/20/12

Ignoring JPMorgan Chase's chutzpah would be rewarding it. Penalize the bank instead, no matter how important an institution it is.

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The Daily Docket: AMR Can Control Case Until December

07/20/12
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A US Airways tail rest on the tarmac near an American Airlines plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on April 23, 2012.

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Agencies' Diversity Efforts Have Come Far, But Not Far Enough

07/20/12

Dodd-Frank did its part to ensure the 20 federal financial regulatory agencies do right by minorities and women. How are things going so far? Good - but not great.

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A Rosetta Stone for the Bankruptcy World

07/19/12
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The app “The Book of Jargon: Global Restructuring” has more than 1,000 complicated terms translated into plain English.

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Consumer 'Protection' Only Seems to End Up Hurting Them

07/19/12

From the Card Act to the CFPB to Durbin, new regulations succeed only in raising the prices or crimping availability of financial services. Memo to politicians: Google "unintended consequences."

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The Daily Docket: US Airway CEO Warns Against AMR Merger Delay

07/19/12
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U.S. Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker speaks about a merger with AMR Corp.
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Libor Scandal Undermines Bankers' Claims of Overregulation

07/19/12

You can't claim to be a victim of watchdogs and at the same time blame watchdogs for being dumb, inept and disorganized.

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