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Wholesale Reform of Indian Insolvency Law

11/06/15

IndianpiggybankOn Wednesday of this week, the Indian Ministry of Finance released a

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What? (Puerto Rico Edition)

11/03/15

So former Senator Judd Gregg has an op-ed in The Hill opposing the administration's plan for a territorial version of chapter 9. In the piece, he tells us "[a]ny bankruptcy bill for Puerto Rico would punish retirees whose pension funds invested in these bonds because they were tax-free."

Tax free retirement funds investing in tax free bonds?  Now we are just making stuff up.

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Who "Presides" over Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation Hearings?

11/02/15

Shutterstock_329900393Temple Law Review will soon publish a volume honoring Bil

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Tired of Dealing with Students' Exams?

10/30/15

Shutterstock_194826680As exam grading season looms, some professors lament.

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Is the Person I've Been Dating Right for Me?

10/30/15

No, blog administrator Lawless, this is not spam. Credit scores are related to dating, as Ana Swanson reports in the Washington Post that credit scores are "eerily good at predicting" success in forming a committed relationship. The higher an individual's credit score, the more likely it is that they form a committed relationship and stay in it.

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The Promise and Limits of Postal Banking

10/29/15

It’s easy for Progressives to get excited about the idea of postal banking: a public option for banking! What’s not to love?

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Credit Slips Unofficial Contest: Win Everything (all the glory that is)

10/29/15

Shutterstock_309261569Credit Slips has great readers, and I'd love to encourage more of our readership to comment.

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The Myth of the Disappearing Free Checking Account

10/22/15

A regular trope sounded by opponents of consumer financial regulations is that the regulations have resulted in the disappearance of free checking.

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Puerto Rico: A Flash of Federal Ambition

10/22/15

After months of fielding criticism for standing idly by while Puerto Rico sank under a $72 billion debt heap, the Obama Administration is getting creative. On October 21, the U.S. Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Economic Council released a joint proposal for federal bankruptcy legislation to restructure all of Puerto Rico’s debts.

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