Bankruptcy Blogs

Summary

The Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy Those who find themselves struggling financially are often the unfortunate victims of creditor harassment and incessant phone calls. The calls can get so bad that families are often forced to leave their  phone off the hook at dinner time. By definition, bankruptcy involves waving the white flag in the face [...]

"John Moorlach, who became treasurer of Orange County, California, after it filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 1994, has some advice for the new record-holder, Jefferson County, Alabama. 'What they might be able to learn from us...

Judge Jonathan Lippman, regulator Benjamin Lawsky and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman are standing up to an industry intent on forgetting that the ongoing foreclosure crisis affects real people, real lives and real families.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a group of Dynegy Holdings’ bondholders want a judge to appoint someone to probe some “unusual” transactions leading to its bankruptcy filing.