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Consumer Protection › Election & Politics Law › Bankruptcy

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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Bloomberg Law

Bill on Bankruptcy: Trustees Sleep Easy after High Court Ruling [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/15/2013

May 15 (Bloomberg Law) -- Trustees of all types are sleeping easier, knowing that their liabilities for theft by a co-trustee is a debt that can be wiped out in bankruptcy as a result of a unanimous Supreme Court decision...more

Bloomberg Law

Bill on Bankruptcy: Easterbrook Turns the Tide on Student Loans [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/17/2013

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Why and when U.S.-managed hedge funds can go bankrupt in the Caribbean, not in the U.S., is the first item discussed on the new bankruptcy video with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg...more

Bloomberg Law

Buchheit: Cyprus Could Need a Second Bailout [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/28/2013

Mar. 28 (Bloomberg Law) -- The sovereign debt crisis in Cyprus marks the fifth European nation to need a bailout in recent memory, but this crisis is unique because European Union regulators are taking the unprecedented step...more

Bloomberg Law

Bill on Bankruptcy: Solyndra, Lehman, MF Global, ATP Oil, LSP Energy, Want Ads [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 10/24/2012

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg Law) -- The controversial approval of the Chapter 11 plan for solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC is the first topic on this week's Bloomberg bankruptcy video. For the second item, Bloomberg Law's Lee...more

Pew Law Center

Part 2: Marginal Successes, Revised Expectations, Broken Promises – A Presidency in Review

by Pew Law Center on 10/3/2012

While campaigning, Obama promised to make credit card reforms to provide greater consumer protections for Americans, and he came through on this promise. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act – the...more

Bloomberg Law

Congressman: Fix The Student Debt Crisis With Bankruptcy Reform [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 7/25/2012

July 25 (Bloomberg Law) -- While economic indicators continue to worsen, US bankruptcy law still prohibits individuals from getting rid of their student debt except in the rarest of circumstances. U.S.Representative Steve...more

Bloomberg Law

Greece's Lawyer: EU Bailout Will Cost Trillion Euros & Cyprus Is Next [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 6/21/2012

June 21 (Bloomberg Law) -- Lee Buchheit, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP who represented Greece in its debt restructuring, predicts the Eurozone countries will have to double to 1 trillion Euros the money...more

Bloomberg Law

Law Grads Now 'Indentured Servants' To US Government [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 6/13/2012

June 13 (Bloomberg Law) -- Paul Campos, professor of law at University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the rising unemployment and debt levels for recent law school...more

Cole Schotz

What Does "Commercially Reasonable Determinants of Value" Mean Under Section 562 of the Bankruptcy Code?

by Cole Schotz on 7/27/2010

As part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”), Congress added Section 562 to the Bankruptcy Code. Section 562 governs the timing of damage measurements with respect to swap...more

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