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*Correction: The cartoon previously referred incorrectly to a “Chapter 7 repayment plan.” Apologies for the confusion.
Below are some helpful posts from bankruptcy lawyer blogs on the topics of unemployment, median income and the means test. Go to the BK Lawyer Blogs page on this site to see a full state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyer blogs. (And get in touch if you have a blog and don’t see it listed.)
Have a blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme? Send an e-mail to bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us.
Suggestion to bankruptcy lawyers with blogs: Make sure to include a “Search” function somewhere on your blog. It makes it easier to find topical posts on your blog and increases the likelihood that a post from your blog will be included in BLT.
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p.s. Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says: “Other bloggers/websites/publications: You are more than welcome to post “Bankruptcy Wave” on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph. If you fail to respect our wishes, we’ll fix the economy so as to remove the need for any bankruptcy services (if you’re a lawyer) or any more coverage of the recession (if you’re a journalist/blogger).”
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p.s. Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says: “Other bloggers/websites/publications: You are more than welcome to post Strip #19 – Law Firm Raids on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph. If you fail to respect our wishes, we’ll send you back to Kirkland’s restructuring group (Chicago office).”
Systemic Indifference (S. Todd Brown comments on reckless and indifferent collection practices of mortgage companies cited in a Huffington Post piece by Karen Weise. Ties commentary into accuracy of claims process in bankruptcy cases, particularly asbestos cases.)
$40 Million Benchslap for Weil Gotshal (relates to IP and litigation, but anything about Weil Gotshal is bankruptcy relevant from Bankruptcy Bill’s perspective)
BAPCPA Man #3 – Enter Subprimulus resulted in increased media exposure, as indicated below. BAPCPA Man’s secret identity, meanwhile, remains a mystery….
*It bears mentioning that the #1 article (”Three more banks fail, bringing total to 72, The Deal, August 10, 2009″) is, in fact, dated August 10, meaning that BAPCPA Man should have been the #1 article and making this a fairly clear violation of the absolute priority rule. (Well, our version of it anyway.) Further research on the issue is warranted and may result in a “preference” action.
For this book, Karen Ho, a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, actually spent three years working for a Wall Street bank as part of her on-site research, and the investment bankers are referred to as “natives” (in the anthropological parlance). One of the interesting notions she presents is that the process of using corporate layoffs to improve the share price and bottom line is more correctly viewed as Wall Street exporting its own internal culture–one of insecurity and adaptability–to the rest of corporate America.
We understand completely: You want something to read at the beach, but darnit, there’s just not enough good bankruptcy literature out there. (Well, with the exception of bankruptcy haiku. But those are just so…y’know…short.) We hear your cries, and that is why we offer….
Apologies to everyone whose blog was previously included here. We're having some technical problems with a bunch of the rss feeds (tricky little things) and the feeds weren't working for a number of blogs. Hence the removal of them from the sidebar for the time being. We're working on getting them up and running again.