Legislation

Mette Kurth: Earthquakes, Sharkcicles… And a New Venue Reform Bill

01/09/18

On her The Bottom Line 11 blog, Fox partner Mette Kurth examined new bankruptcy venue reform legislation recently unveiled in the U.S. Congress:

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ABI Commission Unveils Chapter 11 Recommendations

12/07/14
The ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 unveiled a summary of its recommendations at the Winter Leadership Conference on December 4 in La Quinta, California.   The full report will be released on December 6 and contains 240 recommendations in a report spanning four hundred pages and twelve hundred footnotes.
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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

12/28/11

On December 23, 2011, President Obama signed into law HR 3765, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, extending the current 4.2% Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax rate for employees to wages paid between...

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Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

12/28/11

On December 23, 2011, President Obama signed into law HR 3765, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, extending the current 4.2% Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax rate for employees to wages paid between...

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Change in California Deficiency Law

08/10/11

SB 485: No Deficiency Judgments After a Short Sale The California Legislature approved and the Governor has signed SB 458, which will eliminate any deficiency judgments that a holder of a Mortgage Loan may have against a Borrower after a...

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