Nearly nine months after it filed for protection under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code , a federal bankruptcy judge last week determined that the city of Stockton, California has satisfied the requirements of Section 109(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and may ... Read full article
The battle in California municipal bankruptcies between bond investors and Calpers , the California public employee pension system, began in the Stockton Chapter 9 bankruptcy case and continues unabated in the bankruptcy ca ... Read full article
Meredith Whitney, one of the first financial analysts to foresee the collapse of the housing market, famously predicted in December 2010 that a wave of municipal bond defaults was on the way . The wave, however, has yet to materialize, and the bankruptcy ... Read full article
