Bankruptcy Blogs

Research Grants from NCBJ

04/30/12

As many readers of this blog will know, the Endowment for Education from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges has supported many research projects that have contributed to a better understanding of all sorts of issues involving debt and bankruptcy. Judge Dennis Dow, the current chair of the Endowment, contacted me and advised that it has a substantial amount of money available to make grants and is actively soliciting applications. If you are a scholar looking for support for the expenses connected with empirical research, the Endowment may be a great resource for you.

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Protect Consumers from Other Consumers

04/30/12

Any lending incurs losses, but if regulators did their job then the transfer of wealth from payers to deadbeats would be way smaller.

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The Daily Docket: Law-Firm Loans Show Cracks

04/30/12

In the race to open offices throughout the globe and lure rainmakers to their ranks, some law firms willingly took on debt they expected to have no trouble paying—a once-safe bet that is now backfiring. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.

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Future of Consumer Lending Belongs to PhDs, Risk-Takers

04/30/12

Making more bad loans is the tuition price for learning how to build and train new underwriting algorithms.

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Occupy's May Day Is an Opportunity for Small Banks

04/30/12

There's a sizable, growing community of people who'd be receptive to the notion that you can get needed services without having to support the companies that have inflicted so much damage on the economy and the country.

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Bankruptcy Document Access Through Private Website

04/29/12

It can be frustrating for bankruptcy debtors who want to access and copy documents filed in their own case. Currently, the only document access is through the government PACER  system. (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) You have to sign up, get a password, and then pay 10 cents/page up to $3.00 to look at any document. Document access fees add up quickly when someone is viewing multiple documents. 

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