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Are bigger payday and title lending companies better for low-income borrowers than smaller companies? Jim Hawkins (Houston Law Center) takes up that question in a new article which reports the results of his study of the advertisements of payday and title ... Read full article

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One of the great challenges to the bankruptcy system if not to the American way of life is those who insist on capitalizing the  letter  c  when discussing chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. If it is "section 1129," as the Bluebook  dictates, then ... Read full article

Sovereign debt has traditionally been contrasted with corporate debt. Unlike corporations, sovereigns are immune from suit and asset seizure. Unlike corporations, sovereigns can't reliable promise a lender that it will have seniority over other ... Read full article

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My blogging has been light the past few months as we have been working on the eighth edition of what will now be LoPucki, Warren & Lawless,  Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach . For you secured transactions teachers out there, we have returned a ... Read full article

Some thoughts on the latest dustup over venue in big chapter 11 cases, on Dealb%k . ... Read full article

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This summer saw a flurry of legislative activity in Europe with respect to personal bankruptcy. ... Read full article

I've got an op-ed in the American Banker about the CFPB's data collection, which has become the latest inside-the-Beltway attack on the CFPB.   ... Read full article

Nice piece in Time Magazine on the CFPB here .  ... Read full article

Much has been going on, although little has actually  happened , in the litigation against Argentina. For instance, the court has allowed the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint  seeking an injunction blocking payments on the recently-issued BONAR ... Read full article

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What's in a name? A lot of heartache, potentially, as Johnny Cash explained in A Boy Named Sue . ... Read full article

I never thought I'd write this, but Donald Trump speaks the truth, at least as far as bankruptcy is concerned.  There's plenty to criticize regarding Donald Trump, but I really wish the media would back off the bankruptcy angle of his career, or ... Read full article

The Washington Post had a story yesterday about the Department of Education's look at how student loan servicers deal with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and its protection to members of the Armed Forces. ... Read full article

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As Jason Kilborn has graciously described , Credit Slips is the blogging base of the authors of the Law of Debtors and Creditors , 7th edition, (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2015). ... Read full article