News Topic: consumer bankruptcy

By:  Jennifer K. Arcarola St. John's Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff ... Read full article

Previously I mentioned this new paper on homeowners in bankruptcy  in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. The central goal of the paper was to investigate what makes homeowners more or less likely to have mortgage troubles as they head into ... Read full article

Just in time for New Year's resolutions on 1) reading more, 2) paring back your own debt, and 3) learning more about consumer bankruptcy to help you do your job (if you are a lawyer, judge, or academic, media, etc), the book, Broke: How Debt ... Read full article

This is a newly published paper  in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal  that I was lucky to work on with Daniel McCue and Eric Belsky at the ... Read full article

  By: Linda C. Attreed St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff ... Read full article

By:  Jennifer K. Arcarola St. John's Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff ... Read full article

By: Megan Quail St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge Wednesday said he is inclined to turn down a bid by the Los Angeles Dodgers to probe Major League Baseball’s dealings with other MLB members for proof Commissioner Bud Selig is treating the ball club unfairly. Read the Daily Bankruptcy ... Read full article

Today, I went looking for the court costs payable by chapter 13 debtors who wants to convert their cases to chapter 7. I admit that like many Americans my starting point was Google. I quickly landed here , at the Bankruptcy Basics page provided by the ... Read full article

Lehman Brothers Inc. Europe says the trustee winding down its U.S. counterpart could try to block European creditors from recovering $8.9 billion. But allowing such a claim has the potential to dilute recoveries for U.S. customers of Lehman Brothers ... Read full article

The National Consumer Law Center has launched a useful new resource for the bankruptcy community called the Bankruptcy Mortgage Project.  See here.   Those likely to find it handy include judges, consumers, trustees, mortgage servicers, attorneys, and ... Read full article

A bankruptcy judge blocked the Los Angeles Dodgers from gathering testimony from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and from viewing sensitive documents about the league’s handling of other teams’ financial woes. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review ... Read full article

On the heels of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ demanding testimony from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and several other executives, the league’s attorneys would like a word with team owner Frank McCourt. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story ... Read full article

By: Bryan Kotliar St. John's Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff  ... Read full article

By: Elisa M. Pickel St. John's Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review  Staff ... Read full article

Unsecured creditors of Blockbuster Inc. are calling for the company’s bankruptcy case to be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation from Chapter 11 unless significant changes are made to the movie-rental chain’s plans to sell itself to a group of senior ... Read full article

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http://bklawblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/maybe-polonius-was-kind-of-right-at.html ... Read full article