Bankruptcy Blogs

What is the Relationship Between Credit Cards and Mortgage Delinquency?

01/10/12

Previously I mentioned this new paper on homeowners in bankruptcy in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. The central goal of the paper was to investigate what makes homeowners more or less likely to have mortgage troubles as they head into bankruptcy. One of the notable findings is that, across all the models, credit access had a significant effect on keeping mortgages current and avoiding foreclosure initiation (specifics l

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Founding Fathers Would Have Wanted to Keep CFPB in Check

01/10/12

Setting up a bureaucracy free of any checks and balances is based on a Platonic, that is, an anti-democratic, idea. It rests on the assertion of the superior knowledge of the employees of the bureau.

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AMR’s American Eagle Hires Bain to Review Labor Costs

01/10/12
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues to defend his

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Look to Emerging Markets for the Most Valuable Bank Acquisitions

01/10/12

Emerging markets tend to have low penetration rates for banking services, which gives Western banks an opportunity to grow at a higher rate than is possible in their home markets.

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Why Big Banks Should Fear a Candidate with No Chance of Winning

01/10/12

Republican Jon Huntsman is putting a conservative imprint on the idea of breaking up the largest banks.

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Weil Gotshal Looks Back at 2011

01/10/12

Last year was to bring a flat economy and continued real-estate distress, according to a survey of more than 100 restructuring professionals. Was 2011 all they imagined?

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The Daily Docket: Lehman Australia Seeks Bankruptcy

01/10/12

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s Australian subsidiary is seeking bankruptcy protection under U.S. law and said its assets could include $1.3 billion to cover investors’ losses tied to synthetic collateralized-debt obligations. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Hey, Mr. Postman Is That A Lawsuit?

01/09/12

 

The mail carrier brings a envelop with official looking papers that name you in a law suit.  It says something about U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

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Southern Montana Co-op Members Rage Against Bankruptcy Attorney

01/09/12

The battle to unseat Jon Doak as bankruptcy attorney for Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative Inc. continued Friday, with a creditor in the case and member of the Southern Montana co-op claiming it’s Doak’s fault that its trustee was disallowed from an October meeting.

Beartooth Electric Cooperative’s trustee, Arlen Boyd, wasn’t allowed to participate “upon Doak’s recommendation” that three other trustees vote against her participation, Beartooth said in court documents.

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