Bankruptcy Blogs

Synthetic Derivatives -What are They and Who Cares?

06/14/10

A few weeks ago, the Senate interrogated the guys from Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street so-called "Investment Bank" The argument was about regulating Synthetic Derivatives. HUH?

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Quoted In The New York Times: Student Loans And Bankruptcy

06/07/10

New York Times columnist Ron Lieber writes about student loans and bankruptcy in his Your Money column this week. Ron spotted this post from A Clean Slate about how student loans are like a tattoo and called me to chat about it. Ron happens to know me from years ago so this was a good opportunity to catch up on things.

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Quoted In The New York Times: Student Loans And Bankruptcy

06/07/10

New York Times columnist Ron Lieber writes about student loans and bankruptcy in his Your Money column this week. Ron spotted this post from A Clean Slate about how student loans are like a tattoo and called me to chat about it. Ron happens to know me from years ago so this was a good opportunity to catch up on things.

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When Does a "Claim" Arise? Third Circuit Overrules Frenville Test

06/02/10

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an en banc opinion (pdf) today in which it overruled the Frenville standard for determining the existence of a "claim" for purposes of Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. 

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