Bankruptcy Blogs

Hawkins & Pennebaker--Marketing Race and Credit in America

09/25/21

Past Credit Slips guest blogger, Jim Hawkins from the University of Houston, and his student, Tiffany Penner, alerted me to their recent publication in the Emory Law Journal entitled, "Advertising Injustices: Marketing Race and Credit in America." The paper takes an interesting approach to the issue of how consumer credit get

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Sens. Warren and Cornyn Tackle Bankruptcy Venue Again

09/25/21

 The bipartisan duo of Sen. John Cornyn from Texas and Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts have introduced a new bill tackling bankruptcy venue. The Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021, which can be found here, is the latest attempt by the Senators to level the bankruptcy playing field. The new bill, which is supported by the Commercial Law League of America and a national network of insolvency professionals, expands upon the Senators prior work.

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SBRA technical amendment = technical foul?

09/24/21

A great Arabic folk idiom describes an all-too-common occurrence: Literally, "he came to apply eye liner to her, but blinded her." [اجا يكحلها عماها  izha ikaHil-ha, cama-ha] In other words, someone attempted to improve a situation but ended up ruining it. I believe I've encountered an example in the "technical amendment" made by the CARES Act to the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.

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