We’re back!  After a long hiatus, here’s the most recent Bankruptcy Bill–a holiday cartoon we did for Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions.

If you’re interested in a customized cartoon as well as creative ways to incorporate it into marketing and social media, please get in touch with us at bill [at] bankruptcybill.us.  (For the record, we also do weddings, bar mitzvahs and confirmation hearings.)

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*For help with creative business development including customized cartoons and other original content as well as assistance with social media consulting, contact Steven Horowitz at steven [at] bankruptcybill.us.

*To see more of Gideon Kendall’s work go to www.gideonkendall.com or http://www.gideonkendall.com/blog.  Or order yourself a copy of Dino Pets or (coming soon) Dino Pets 2, the wonderfully illustrated children’s books written by Lynn Plourde and illustrated by Bankruptcy Bill’s favorite illustrator, Gideon Kendall.

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Dialogue with an Affable Law School Dean, Part 1.”

Credit Slips

• Mortgage Servicing Paper
• A New Title Loan Philanthropic Organization?
• 21% HAMP First Year Redefault Rate
• Projected Filings for 2011
• US News & Unintended Consequences for Bankruptcy Judges (and the Law Clerks They Hire)
• Slipping into Arizona . . .
• Bankruptcy Filing Rate Drops Sharply in November
• Expanding Chapter 9
• Fisking the American Securitization Forum’s Congressional Testimony
• The New Robosigning

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Crystal Cathedral Shutters Christmas Show
• Jewish Times Publisher to Exit Bankruptcy
• Court Approves AVP Sale to Existing Shareholder
• Dreier Bankruptcy Trustee Files Flurry of Lawsuits
• Arena Deal Keeps Coyotes Hockey Team in Desert
• Rock & Republic Finds its Softer Side
• Oaktree, Angelo Gordon Seek Akin Gump Dismissal in Tribune Case
• Too Cool for School
• Braxton Faces Creditor Bid to Break Bankruptcy Shield
• The Daily Docket: A&P Files for Bankruptcy
• Pasadena Playhouse Raises $2 Million to Match Donation
• Creditor Looks to Upend Tamarack Chairlifts
• Farkas Dabbles in Real Estate While Seeking Trial Delay
• Polaroid Trustee Takes Aim at Former ‘NSync Star
• Formosa Star Guides Oriental Trading to Bill for Costumes
• Hecker Admits to Secretly Buying Back Bikes
• Bankruptcy Objections, the Final Frontier
• Cuban Gives Up on Payment From Texas Rangers

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Thoughts on Human Capital Contracts”.

Credit Slips

• Welfare Economics and Consumer Credit Paper
• Point of Purchase Bank Card Surcharges: Will They Help or Hurt Consumers?
• Kardashians Abandon the K-Kard
• Credit Cards Make You Fat
• The KFC of Payday Loans
• The Political Economy of CFPB Funding
• WSJ: The Tail Wags the Foreclosure Dog
• So now the Kardashians Are Financial Role Models?
• Robosigning and Evidence
• Facebook: Not Just for Finding Hot Dates Anymore
• Lots of Smart People Couldn’t Possibly F*%! Up, Could They?
• The Big Fail
• Can HAMP Help in Bankruptcy?
• Do Mortgage Servicers Even Understand Their Own Business?
• Erroneous Foreclosures
• Why a Foreclosure Compensation Fund Is a Bad Idea
• Principles Aren’t Always Enough; Rules Are Needed Too.
• What’s in Your Wallet Part II: Let’s Shop for Credit Cards
• New Consumer Regulation: Education and Disclosure Is Not Enough
• GM’s Special Tax Treatment
• Modern Redlining in Historical Context
• They Really Did Know the Loans Were Bad…
• Am I Paying for My House or the Brooklyn Bridge?
• Cash Is (Still? Again?) King
• Debt Settlement Plans: Run as Fast As You Can, Consumers
• Payment Possibilities
• The Constitution in the Financial Crisis
• What’s in Our Wallets?
• MERS: Symptom or Cause

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Florida Synagogue Resolves Foreclosure Dispute
• Jury Awards Priest Abuse Victim $30 Million
• Music Stops for CBGB Holdings Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Business Bankruptcies Roll On
• Lehman Hands Subpoena to Hebrew Day School
• Point Blank Sale Draws National Attention
• Banks Working On Sequel To ‘Leveraged Loan Odyssey: 2001’
• Matterhorn Escapes Deep Freeze
• Daily Docket: Court OKs JAL Restructuring
• Limo Maker Drives Toward Asset Sale
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Seeks Braxton’s Financial Info
• Judge Sounds Off on Rangers Owner, Sports Reporters, DH
• C-Bass Tells Top Executives to Cut Bait
• Officials to Meet on Asian Art Museum’s Financial Woes
• Stake in Travolta’s Home Airstrip Sold at Auction
• The Daily Docket: Three More Banks Fail
• Harley Sparks Fresh Drama in Hecker Case
• Martial-Arts Organization Kicks Off Bankruptcy
• Zell Tells Tribune Creditors Not to Sue
• The Daily Docket: American Media Enters Bankruptcy
• Tierney Returns to PR Roots
• Real Housewife of N.Y. Sonja Morgan Files for Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Lipstick Building Enters Bankruptcy
• Braxton Intends to Keep Georgia Home
• Dermontti Dawson Auction Yields $775K
• Beach Volleyball Tour Operator to Sell Assets
• P.J. Solomon’s New Restructuring Head Counsels Bankruptcy Avoidance
• Another Mansion Hits the Auction Block
• For Sale: Ritzy Relics of a Bank Gone Bad
• Cravath Looks Good, Does Well in Harrisburg Case
• Credit-Card King’s Castle Slated For Sale
• Former Petters Lawyer Charged With Drug Possession
• Real-Estate Tycoon’s Mansion Gets $9.1M Cash Offer
• Business Bankruptcies Slow, Even As Consumer Filings Mount
• Now Boarding for Bankruptcy Court
• Former Steeler’s Home, Belongings to Hit Auction Block
• The Daily Docket: Ambac Enters Bankruptcy
• The Good, The Bad and The Bankrupt
• Ex-Rangers Ownership Scoffs at Scout’s $1.4 Million Demand

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Trustee Sues JPMorgan Chase as ‘Blind’ to Madoff Fraud
• News In Brief (December 1, 2010)
• Last Call in Lehman v. Barclays: Post-Trial Filings in $13 Billion Suit
• Trustee Seeks to Recoup ‘Fictitious’ Madoff Profits From Weiss and Family Members, Former Partner
• Judge Orders Bank of America to Repay $500 Million in Lehman Bankruptcy
• News In Brief (November 15, 2010)

Point of Law

• Milberg Weiss and Bernie Madoff

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Linkth Dimension–Law School Buildings”.

• Click on BK Lawyer Blogs for a state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyers with their own blogs.
• Have a blog or know a good blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme?  Send an e-mail to BLT [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us with the link.
• 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.

GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

Bankruptcy Law Network

• You Can Modify a Mortgage on a Your Home in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy!
• Mortgage Cramdown – Yes!
• Why Does a Chapter 11 Cost So Much?
• Massachusetts Bankruptcy Judge Endorses Hybrid Plan
• South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyer Unleashes Vulcan Intellect on the Hanging Paragraph
• When is a Car Purchased for Business Use?
• Upside Down Car Loans Protected in 8th Circuit
• How Can I Lower My Car Loan Balance in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
• Cramdown On First Mortgages Gets A Second Look By Senate
• Insurance Requirement on Vehicles in a Western District of Missouri Bankruptcy
• ¡MORE!

BAPCPA Blog

• Purchase Money Vehicle Creditors Get No Claim Upon Surrender

CreditSlips.org

• Redemption (of the 722 variety) for Struggling Homeowners
• Credit Bidding
• Where Did HAMP Go Wrong?
• Today’s Consumers Prefer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 3 to 1
• Rates are Low–Where Are All the Refis?
• Electronic Copy of Bankruptcy Code and Rules
• ¡MORE!

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• The Role of Predatory Lending in the Collapse of Detroit (CL&P Blog)
• MBA & CRL duke it out on Bankruptcy reform (CL&P Blog)

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.*** (more…)

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “‘Creative Hustler’ Says Stuff about Law School Tobacco Warnings, Champions Creative Hustling”.

Credit Slips

• Protecting the Subsidy
• Mad About Debt
• More on Foreclosures and Discovery
• Google, Bankruptcy & Bieber
• FDIC’s Proposed Rules on Resolution Authority
• Good Thing We Have the Volcker Rule Thingo
• Faulty Foreclosures

Above the Law

• A Sign of Improvement in the Chicago Legal Market?

Overlawyered

• Bounteous bankruptcies: Lehman Brothers

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• ‘Hot Dog King’ Cooks Up Bankruptcy
• Lehman Questions Innkeepers’ Legal Bills
• IRS Fights Young Buck’s Bid to Get Assets Back
• Floundering Fish Farm Flops Into Bankruptcy
• Protein Solutions Seeks to Sell 200,000 Pounds of Beef
• Beach Volleyball Tour Files for Bankruptcy
• Arkansas Woman Forges Judge’s Signature to Buy Mustang
• Bankruptcy Sale Births New Barcalounger
• Bailey Banks & Biddle Ready to Glimmer Again
• The Daily Docket: American Media to Enter Bankruptcy
• Lehman Gives Up on Asian Artwork
• Agreement Could Spur Children’s Museum Revival
• IRS Cancels Auction of Rapper’s Belongings
• Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Rothstein’s Cousin
• Spansion II: The Fee Sequel
• Maker of Freeman’s ‘Bucket List’ Jet Flies into Bankruptcy
• Tribune Names Names, But No Numbers, For Plan Support
• The Daily Docket: Awal Seeks Chapter 11
• FedEx Owes $66 Million to Defunct ATA
• Schuller Seeks Forgiveness…Of Debt
• Rangers Lenders Balk at Cuban’s ‘Contribution’ Payment Request

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Dean Baker Misses the Law School Tuition Bubble”.

• Click on BK Lawyer Blogs for a state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyers with their own blogs.
• Have a blog or know a good blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme?  Send an e-mail to BLT [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us with the link.
• 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.

GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Are Debtor’s Prisons Primed for a Comeback?
• File Bankruptcy with Ex Spouse?
• UNBUNDLED LEGAL SERVICES IN BANKRUPTCY – PART ONE
• I Thought Bankruptcy Was Supposed To Cure My Money Troubles
• You Mean My Ex-Wife Will Find Out About My Bankruptcy?
• If My Spouse and I Are Separated, Should We File Bankruptcy Together?

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)

• Amicus – In re Gruntz

NEVADA

Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)

• Las Vegas: Your Bankruptcy Discharge

Black & LoBello Law Blog (Las Vegas, NV)

• What Can’t They Get At?
• Nevada Child Support Guidelines
• New Supreme Court Opinion on International Family Law Case
• Child Custody Litigation

NEW MEXICO

Gini Nelson Law Office – New Mexico Bankruptcy Law Blog (Santa Fe, NM)

• Will Bankruptcy Wipe Out All My Debts?– NMBankruptcyBlog.com
• What Filing Bankruptcy Cannot Do

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.***

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Income Based Repayment Helps Law Students, Not the Tuition Bubble”.

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Dreier Ex-Wife’s Bid for Support Ruled Issue for Bankruptcy Court

Point of Law

• “Let’s Not Start Lionizing The Anti-Foreclosure Deadbeats”

Credit Slips

• What the Foreclosure Fiasco Means for People in Foreclosure
• Debt Collector to Pay $1.75 Million
• WSJ Blames Evil Consumer Lawyers
• BP Claims in Bankruptcy
• Some Thoughts on the MGM Prepack
• Basel III and Cushy Capital
• Moratorium for What?
• The Finality of Foreclosure Sales

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: PwC Rakes in Fees on Lehman; Grant Thornton: Opening the Audit Market Wouldn’t Hurt Big 4; One in Three IRS Employees Are Eligible for Retirement | 10.15.10

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Farkas to Remain Tethered to GPS Anklet
• The Daily Docket: Awal Seeks Bankruptcy in U.S.
• Sex.com Seeks to Sell Itself for $13 Million
• Bumpy Ride for Residents of Florida ‘Fly-In’ Community
• With Ski Season Looming, Tamarack Faces Setback
• Oilily Bounces Back From Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: TerreStar Files for Chapter 11
• Hecker Sent Back to Jail
• Arts Company Crafts Benefit to Repay Creditors
• Restructuring Revenue Expected to Remain Flat
• Young Buck Assets Up for Auction
• Luby’s Sticks With Fuddruckers Favorites
• Kristal Estate Open to Selling CBGB Name
• HBO Announces Cast for Upcoming ‘Too Big To Fail’ Film
• Movie Gallery: Ex-Worker Trying to Swap Secrets for Job
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman Wants to Remove Ankle Monitor
• Pasadena Playhouse Plots ‘Sexy’ Revival After Bankruptcy
• D.C. Attacks Love Nightclub Sale
• Klee Gets High Marks from Auditor on $12M Tribune Probe

Above the Law

• A Sign of Improvement in the Chicago Legal Market?

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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BLT (Bankruptcy Lawyer Topics) is a periodic review and comparison of consumer bankruptcy topics being covered on bankruptcy lawyer blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing for the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Dear ABA Committee Chair, No, It’s Not That Complicated.  Signed, The Legal Profession.”

• Click on BK Lawyer Blogs for a state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyers with their own blogs.
• Have a blog or know a good blog post you think should be included? Or a suggestion for a future BLT theme?  Send an e-mail to BLT [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us with the link.
• 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.

GENERAL or NON-STATE SPECIFIC

Beat the Press (Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research)

• Foreclosure Moratorium: The NYT Does Not Know What The Obama Administration Fears, Only What It Says It Fears

CreditSlips.org

• Moratorium for What?
• The Finality of Foreclosure Sales
• The Notary Fraud Condonation Act of 2010
• Foreclosure Relief Could Help Economy and End Chaos Faced By Borrowers
• Wrongful Foreclosures and Clouded Title

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Would the Foreclosure Fraud Have Occurred if the CFPB Were Already Here?
• Robosigner Scandal Making for Strange Bedfellows
• The Washington Post Reports That The Government Had Been Warned That The Mortgage Foreclosure Industry Was A Mess

ALABAMA

Watts Law Group, P.C. and M. Stan Herring, P.C. – Alabama Consumer Law Blog (Birmingham, AL)

• No Title Insurance Could Stall Sales of Foreclosed Homes
• Struggling Virginia Family Wrongfully Foreclosed By Chase

ARIZONA

Brian Dault, Esq. (Dault & Associates PLLC) – Phoenix Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog (Chandler, AZ)

• JP Morgan Halts 50,000 foreclosures

***SEE MORE BLOG POSTS FROM BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS AROUND THE U.S.***

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “The Link Kontroversy—Law Schools’ Evening Programs Imperiled, ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules Stalled, & Boy Have I Got a Job for You!”

Credit Slips

• The Notary Fraud Condonation Act of 2010
• Lehman in Jakarta — Venue, Choice of Law, and International Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Filings Follow Their Usual Summer Sideways Move
• Lehman in Jakarta
• Ransom Argument–Not Very Edifying
• Wondering How Lenders Are Making Up for Missing Credit Card Fees? Check Your Home Escrow.
• Foreclosure Relief Could Help Economy and End Chaos Faced By Borrowers
• NCBJ Endowment Is Solicting Research Grant Proposals
• Measures of TARP
• The 79.9% APR Credit Card
• What Is the Government Interest in Bankruptcy Cases?
• Time Flies
• Wrongful Foreclosures and Clouded Title
• Initial Thoughts on AIG
• The Shadow Consumer Bankruptcy System

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Lazard’s Kurtz: Executives Quicker to Call Restructuring Advisers
• Toni Braxton Files for Bankruptcy Again
• Jeb Bush Warns of Greece-Like Crisis for Municipalities
• A Tree Grows in Bankruptcy Court
• Crime Dramas Boost ION Media’s Post-Bankruptcy Ratings
• Hecker Trustee Seeks to Question Mercedes Dealers
• Salahi’s Polo Company Enters Bankruptcy
• Restructuring Pros Mark Bankruptcy Reform’s 5th Birthday
• Beach Club Privileges Keep Attorneys from Sea Island Case
• Bankruptcy Lawyer Shares Name with Facebook Founder
• Oriental Trading Faces Candy Claim
• Two Petters Companies Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges
• Tepper Emerges from ‘Billionaire Closet’
• Trustee Seeks to Question Casino About Bergstein Gambling
• Mo Money Mo Restructurings
• Turnaround Pros: Tough Times Call for New Managers
• Airbus Questions Parts Orders from Grounded Mexicana
• The Daily Docket: Takefuji Files for Bankruptcy
• Price Reduced on Former Blixseth Estate
• Judge Approves CBGB’s Guitar Hero Agreement

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Dreier Ex-Wife’s Bid for Support Ruled Issue for Bankruptcy Court
• Cadwalader Declines to Testify Before Congress’ TARP Oversight Panel

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “No Bubble, Just ROCK!! Vol. 1”.

Law Shucks

• The US News Rankings Suck

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: How Secure is SaaS?; Highest Marginal Tax Rates by State Under Dem, GOP Plans; Familiar Rich People | 09.23.10
• Two Days After the IRS Took His Favorite Scarface Poster, Young Buck Filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Overlawyered

• September 21 roundup

Credit Slips

• A First Take on Blockbuster
• A Lot of Wisdom over at the NYT
• The Thorne-Porter Financial Education Study
• Rates are Low–Where Are All the Refis?
• Where Did HAMP Go Wrong?
• Don’t Let Servicers Be Mortgage Relief Gatekeepers (Again)
• Just Can’t Get Enough
• Mortgage Relief for All; But Who’s Paying??
• Housing Agenda for the new Consumer Czar
• The U.S. Trustee’s Office Already Has Decided Ransom
• The War on Bank Profits?
• Debt Distress: Symptoms and Treatment
• One of Every Nine Bankruptcy Cases Is Filed Without a Lawyer
• In Connection With
• Foreclosure Crisis Update
• The Fed’s Apparently Nonexistent Interest
• Consumer Law
• Chase Amassing Lehman Claims
• Fringe Lending and Consumer Welfare
• Welcome to New York; the Bankruptcy Court is Below the Museum
• State-sanctioned Federal Bankruptcy

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Cadwalader Declines to Testify Before Congress’ TARP Oversight Panel
• Trustee Seeks to Auction 80 Artworks Owned by Defunct Dreier LLP
• Slowdown in Filings Fuels Competition for Bankruptcy Cases

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Judge Forces Meruelo Maddux Exec to Recant Statement
• Trustee Sues Hecker Over Insurance Proceeds
• The Daily Docket: Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy
• Artist Liquidates Lehman with Canvas and Paint
• Philadelphia Reporters Want Scoop on Auction
• Bankruptcy Talk Dogs Candidates on Campaign Trail
• Ready, Set, Sue
• Bankruptcy Community Rallies Around Cancer Cause
• Storied Beverly Hills Mansion for Sale
• Reporters Barred from Attending Newspaper Auction
• Bank Seeks Synagogue’s Torahs to Pay Loan
• Bankruptcy Trustee to Sell Entrepreneur’s Mansion, Yacht
• NY Times Seeks Tapes from Rangers Meetings with Judge
• Judge Stomps Salahi’s Bid to Dismiss Winery Bankruptcy
• Near-Term Debt Maturities Have Fallen, Moody’s Finds
• Brunell Set to File Bankruptcy Plan
• Trustee to Petters Workers: Show Me the Money
• Harassment-Suit Plaintiffs Face Off Over Chreky Settlement
• Farkas Wins One, Loses One in District Court
• The Daily Docket: Harrisburg To Make Bond Payment
• New York Bankruptcy Court Adds New Judge
• Reynolds to Auction Hollywood Memorabilia
• Proposed Site of Reynolds’ Museum Up For Sale
• Bass Brothers Seek Jury Trial in Lake Las Vegas Case
• Hecker Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
• Dreier LLP Art May Be Headed to Auction
• The Daily Docket: Commercial Bankruptcies Fall
• Rock & Republic Faces Denim Dispute
• Government Wants Hecker Jailed Until Trial
• Ruling Could Clear Way for New Philly Family Court Building
• CBGB Seeks Approval of Guitar Hero Deal
• Polo Wants Its Polos Back
• Bankruptcy Won’t Stop Young Buck’s Feud With 50 Cent
• American Pie Producer Files for Bankruptcy
• Rothstein Trustee Sets Sights on Retailers
• Texas Rangers End Bankruptcy In The Black
• IRS Latest Creditor to Go After Bergstein Company
• Former Citi Exec Got $10M to Advise Barclays on Lehman Deal

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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