Bankruptcy Blogs

My colleague, Kurt O’Keefe, of Michigan, recently wrote regarding the difference between reaffirming a lease and reaffirming a secured loan on a vehicle.  He stated throughout his article that a lease was a different type of animal – neither secured or unsecured and a lease can be assumed or rejected.   His final point was that [...]

Creditors who were discharged in bankruptcy are not supposed to send you 1099 forms because a bankruptcy discharge is not a taxable event.  Some do it in and out of bankruptcy in order to get you to pay a debt.  I think it is a violation of the automatic stay if done during the bankruptcy [...]

Congress is now ushering in an era of increased failure and consolidation of community banks in favor of big box retailers, bringing an already sluggish economic recovery to a crawl.

How many of the proposed participating banks will actually be using the SBLF money to lend to small businesses?

Summary: Greece’s government won a key vote of confidence in parliament, setting the stage for passage of an austerity plan and the release of more bailout funds from the IMF. WSJ’s Charles Forelle discusses the latest developments with Simon Constable. If the embedded video does not appear above, you can view it at: http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/06/wsj-video-greek-government-survives-key.html