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New personal insolvency laws cover (almost) all of Europe

08/19/15

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

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CFPB Data Collection

08/18/15

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.  

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The Agency That's Got Your Back

08/15/15

Nice piece in Time Magazine on the CFPB here

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More Argentine discovery shenanigans

08/13/15

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 2024s (USD-denominated, Argentine law bonds).

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Prime, Subprime, Deep Subprime, Suprime-Like . . . and hold it, my fav "Aspriring Prime"

08/11/15

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

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Donald Trump Speaks the Truth

08/06/15

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 at least be smarter about it.  

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The Empiricist Strikes Back

08/06/15

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.

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Law of Debtors and Creditors Users (and would-be users)

07/30/15

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).

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