Bankruptcy Blogs

The Daily Docket: Court Affirms Credit Bidding

05/30/12

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Tuesday the right of lenders to use their debt as currency in bankruptcy auctions in a unanimous decision sure to reverberate through the corporate restructuring community. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Bankruptcy Lawyer Miami - Practice Limited to Bankruptcy

05/30/12

Bankruptcy Lawyer Miami - Practice Limited to Bankruptcy

Jordan E. Bublick Attorney at Law is a Board Certified Specialist in Consumer Bankruptcy Law (American Board of Certification) with offices located at 11645 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Florida and South Dade Brand at 10700 Caribbean Blvd., Miami, Florida. Jordan E. Bublick limits his practice to person and businesses in Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The firm of Jordan E. Bublick, P.A. was established in 1985. The firm offers a free initial consultation.

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Top 15 Lies About Bankruptcy. Lie #6-Filing Bankruptcy Kills Your Credit

05/30/12

Lie 6: Filing Bankruptcy Will Destroy Your Credit for 10 Years

Truth-o-Meter: 

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Bankruptcy Immigrants

05/29/12

Fascinating story in the Guardian about Irish debtors temporarily moving to the UK in order to gain access to more favorable bankruptcy law.  I guess the Brit's have a more lenient version of 522(b)(3) or a looser good faith filing doctrine/plan approval/discharge requirement.  I wonder how long this sort of international loophole will remain open within the EU.

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Regulators Should Zero In on Strong, Clear Capital Requirements

05/29/12

If capital had been required in historical norms of relation to risk the systemic financial crisis would not have occurred.

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HMS RadLAX

05/29/12

I've posted my thoughts on RadLAX over at Dealbook (along with another column on Dewey if you'd like to check that out too). In short, I noticed Justice Scalia's fascination with cannons too.

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Campaign Contributions Stir Unease on Emigrant Bank Bill

05/29/12

The House Financial Services Committee is set to vote on a bill that would benefit a single bank - one whose CEO has made contributions to many of the bill's co-sponsors. And people wonder why Americans are cynical about politicians.

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Borders Trustee Fights Gift-Card Claims

05/29/12
Reuters

The man in charge of paying creditors of Borders Group Inc.

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