Bankruptcy Blogs

Brain-Injured Marines and For-Profit Colleges

09/23/11

Military personnel have long been targets of predatory creditors, going back to the moneylenders who followed the Roman legions. More recently, payday lenders clustered storefronts around military bases. The latest development is that subprime operators are hawking degrees at for-profit colleges to former and current service members.

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Important Changes To Bankruptcy Laws

09/23/11

As a bankruptcy attorney in Dallas, Tx, I am always asked about how bankruptcy laws have changed and whether the laws will affect their homes and family. In my opinion,filing for bankruptcy has always been a tedious process and many people find it overwhelming. Part of the reason for this is that people just don’t [...]

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More Chapter 13 Mortgage Mediation Insights

09/23/11

My last post discussed a bankruptcy seminar which promoted  advantages of court ordered mediation in the context of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Here are a some additional interesting points I heard from various seminar speakers (in no particular order)

  • Your mortgage servicer makes more money when your mortgage goes into default. Maybe this is one reason why your mortgage services insists that you be at least 90 days late before they will discuss short sales or modifications;

 

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News from Venice - INSOL Europe

09/23/11

Chris Laughton, President of INSOL Europe, today launched the European Insolvency Regulation Case Register at www.insolvencycases.eu.

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News from Venice - INSOL Europe

09/23/11

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Chairman of Ferrari, today graphically described the strengths of Italian industry in terms of its people and their passion. Likening a Ferrari to a beautiful woman, he also said that German cars are great - like a freezer - good, efficient engineering! In a keynote address celebrating INSOL Europe's 30th anniversary, he noted that Ferrari had undergone a variety of restructurings in the 6

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The Daily Docket: Bondholders Sue Dynegy Over Restructuring Deal

09/23/11

Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group and other investors in the debt of distressed power producer Dynegy Inc. have asked a New York court to undo a restructuring engineered by shareholder Carl Icahn, calling the shake-up a fraud “unprecedented in the annals of corporate finance.” Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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Three Common Bankruptcy Myths Debunked

09/23/11

Bankruptcy Misinformation To many, bankruptcy is a four letter word, an ethical nether region where you mustn’t have your passport stamped upon entry. However, there are numerous misconceptions about the bankruptcy process, that when stripped away, make a difficult decision slightly easier. After all, knowing is half the battle. In this post, we’ll try to [...]

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What If My Assets are Not All Exempt?

09/23/11

The majority of Chapter 7 bankruptcies in most jurisdictions end up being no-asset cases. This means that all the debtor’s assets are exempt.  In such a case there are no assets for the trustee to administer and distribute to creditors.  An exempt asset is an asset that can be removed from a debtor’s estate under [...]

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Start at the Top for Answers on UBS Losses

09/22/11

UBS CEO Oswald Grübel reacted to the bank's "rogue" trader scandal in the same way as another European former bank chairman did when faced with a similar scandal a few years ago: Defiantly.

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