History of Bankruptcy

Three Plans For Fixing the Mortgage Mess

08/12/11

While the finger pointing continues little is being done by the President and Congress to stem the tide of rising foreclosures.  The Brookings Institute examines three alternative plans on how the government might actually fix the mortgage mess. The first solution proposed by Eric Posner of the University of Chicago Law School and Luigi Zingales of the Booth School [...]

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Anna Nicole Smith will live forever in stunning new Supreme Court decision in Stern v. Marshall!

06/24/11

The Supreme Court issued a second opinion arising from the seemingly endless litigation over claims against the estate of the late Pierce Marshall (Anna Nicole’s elderly husband of one year before his death).  In this 5-4 split opinion released yesterday (June 23, 2011), the Supreme Court significantly limited the scope of Bankruptcy Courts’ jurisdiction to [...]

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