2015-02-26
The Massachusetts senator recently argued that community banks have little need for regulatory relief. But a closer look at recent FDIC data shows that the health of small banks has taken a turn for the worse in the aftermath of Dodd-Frank.
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2015-02-25
I'm thrilled that Jay Westbrook has finally come into blogosphere with his posts on Single-Point-of-Entry.
Read More from: Credit Slips
2015-02-25
Senator Elizabeth Warren surprised a lot of people by laying into Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen as hard as she ever laid into Timothy Geithner.
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2015-02-25
The risks to distressed debt investors who purchase the debt of a borrower without being eligible to do so under applicable credit documents are not illusory. Recent cases like Meridian Sunrise Village, which we wrote about
Read More from: Business Finance & Restructuring News - Weil
2015-02-25
By prosecuting executives responsible for banks' misdeeds, the DOJ can curtail illegal activity and restore public trust in big banks Â-- and in the law itself.
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2015-02-25
Although you may not know who Paul David Hewson is, chances are, you’ve heard of his alter-ego, Bono – front man for the Irish rock/pop band U2.
2015-02-25
Powerful Collection Tool A very powerful collection tool is for a creditor to freeze a debtor’s bank account. Most large creditor law firms and other collection lawyers have the ability to find out where you work and where you bank.
Read More from: David M. Siegel | Chicago Bankruptcy Law
2015-02-25
Credit Score Concerns Everybody is concerned with their credit score these days. Everybody wants to rebound as quickly as possible after a bankruptcy case.
Read More from: David M. Siegel | Chicago Bankruptcy Law
2015-02-25
In an earlier post I described the FDIC’s proposed SPOE approach to resolution of SIFI banks and other financial institutions under Title II of Dodd-Frank.
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2015-02-25
Congress should end Puerto Rico's exclusion from federal bankruptcy protection Â-- but it's unfair to leave the territory's existing creditors in the lurch.
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2015-02-24
Here at Shenwick & Associates, as part of our bankruptcy, creditors' rights and asset protection planning practice, we get many questions about spendthrift trusts.A spendthrift trust is a trust that is settled for the benefit of a person (usually
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