Bankruptcy Blogs

Appraisal Management Companies Create More Problems Than They Solve

08/22/11

As an independent licensed mortgage lender I developed a thick Rolodex of appraisers with expertise in specific communities over the past 14 years. It is now worthless.

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Feds to AGs: Can't Touch This

08/22/11

As this NYT story notes, the administration has been putting pressure on the AGs, particularly NY AG Schneiderman, for several weeks now, urging them to fall in line with the administration's hear-no-evil, see-no-evil position on MBS and servicing fraud.  The NYT story makes it sound as if the feds were jolted into intervening because of pleas from the banks.  It's enough to make one think that we're back in 2005.

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Ritz Interactive Clicks Into Chapter 11

08/22/11

Ritz Interactive Inc., which operates the websites for such retailers as Ritz Camera and Boaters World, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday.

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How Old Is Chevy? Depends Who’s Asking…

08/22/11
Associated Press
Chevrolets from the 1940s cruise down Saginaw Street in Flint, Mich., on July 21 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet Motor Co.

From its

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Brent W. Davis Birmingham, Alabama Bankruptcy Lawyer Joins NBF

08/22/11

Birmingham bankruptcy attorney, Brent W. Davis, based out of Birmingham, AL is pleased to announce that his office has joined the National Bankruptcy Forum. For a complete list of Alabama Bankruptcy Attorneys who take part in NBF, click here.

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The Daily Docket: Judge Signals Approval of $4 Billion Capmark Bankruptcy Plan

08/22/11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday said he would approve Capmark Financial Group Inc.’s Chapter 11 plan that will see what was once on of the nation’s largest commercial-real-estate lenders exit bankruptcy as a shadow of its former self. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

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"Homeowners Need Help"

08/22/11

That's the headline of the lead editorial today in The New York Times.  The Gray Lady urges the Obama Administration to adopt solutions that reduce principal to restore homeowner equity as an essential step to economic recovery.  Principal pay down in bankruptcy gets a mention.  

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Bankruptcy Tweets for July 2011 - Part IV

08/22/11

Still catching up...  Below are my last 25 bankruptcy case tweets of July 2011 and one other tweet of general interest since my last post of August 20.  RSS Feeds are also available.  All my twitter p

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Bankruptcy Tweets for July 2011 - Part IV

08/22/11

Still catching up...  Below are my last 25 bankruptcy case tweets of July 2011 and one other tweet of general interest since my last post of August 20.  RSS Feeds are also available.  All my twitter p

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