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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 where you can read his latest post, “The Juris Doctor Is Your New Bass-O-Matic“.

Credit Slips

• No Safe Harbor Reform Yet
• U.S. Trustee Audits on Debtor Bankruptcy Filings
• Interpreting Australian Interchange Regulation’s Consumer Impact
• Interchange Amendment Passes Senate 64-33
• The Uneven Rise and Falls of Bankruptcy Filings

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Sapp Throws Flag in Rothstein Case
• WorldSpace Strikes New Deal to Sell Its Satellites
• Investors Take Aim at Mortgages Ltd.’s Lawyers, Accountants
• Honolulu Symphony Revamps Business Plan
• Contractor at Volkswagen’s Tennessee Plant Files for Chapter 7
• Dreier’s Ex Opposes Trustees’ Fees
• Restructuring Experts Predict U.S. Municipal Default
• Local Investors Buy Wisconsin Candy Chain Out of Bankruptcy
• New York Asian Symphony Orchestrates Liquidation
• Pasadena Playhouse Says Donors Will Fund Its Bankruptcy Exit
• Mall Dumped by General Growth, Simon Files for Bankruptcy
• Auction Raises $472,000 for Salander Creditors
• Historic Pasadena Playhouse Files for Bankruptcy
• Greenbrier Casino Gets Bigger, Pricier
• Workers Picket Bankruptcy Court to Protest Mine Sale
• After Bankruptcy, Pimlico to Get New Owners
• ‘Double Exposure’ Stars Strike Settlement with Creditor

Going Concern

• Stressed Out PwC Partner Was Criticized By Fellow Partners for Being A Total Pansy

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 the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog.

• 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

A Clean Slate – the Bankruptcy Law Blog by Andy Winchell

• Should I Do Debt Settlement?

CreditSlips.org

• Wanted: People with Good Credit for Low-Paying Jobs
• Experian and FreeCreditReport.com Sink to A New Low
• Does A Tarnished Credit Report Equal an Untrustworthy Employee?
• Bankruptcy Risk Scores

ALABAMA

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

• Video on Five Step Process to Correct Credit Report Errors
• “Free” Credit Scores and Reports Still Not Entirely Free
• “New” Free Credit Report Rules
• Lawsuit Against Experian’s “Free” Credit Reports
• Tips to Clean Up Your Credit Score
• Lesser-Known Factors Affect Your Credit Report
• Legal Uses of A Credit Report
• Debt Collectors and Credit Reporting Agencies – Even Closer Now
• Mortgage Modifications Can Affect Credit Scores
• Credit Scores Can Impact Your Job Prospects
• Trade Ins Can Destroy Your Credit Score
• 5 Things That Ruin Credit

***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.

Law Shucks

• Backlash Against Bankruptcy Fees

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• City, Owner Clash over Fate of D.C. Hospital
• Bankrupt ‘Ghost Town’ Bought for $7.5 Million
• Unlucky 13?
• MLB May Seize Rangers to Head Off Bankruptcy
• Publisher Suffers along with Hamptons Real-Estate Market
• Klee to Probe Tribune Buyout
• SEC Attorney: Scrutiny of Chapter 11 Cases Increasing
• Directors Accused of Siphoning Millions from US Fidelis
• Saving Blockbuster
• Judge Shields Majestic Star Execs from City Lawsuits
• Sharper Image Gets All-Clear to Chase Ex-CEO’s Severance
• Gottschalk Plans A Comeback
• Trustee Hounds Hecker for More Assets
• NYC Says General Growth Owes It $500,000
• Gone With the Wind Studio Appears in Lehman Bankruptcy
• Distressed Denim

Going Concern

• REMEC Court Decision Could Expose Companies to More Accounting Fraud Litigation
• Goldman Sachs’ Senate Testimony: Did CFO David Viniar Screw Their Pooch?
• Compensation Watch ’10: Ernst & Young Re-reassures Merit Increases

Point of Law

• Who Has Time to Ask about Bankrupt [Asbestos] Entities?

Credit Slips

• End User Exemptions
• Amendment to Repeal Marquette
• Bankruptcy Filings Drop in April
• More on the Small Business Bankruptcy Delegation
• The New York Times on Chapter 11 Fees
• Bankruptcy Fees
• The Disappearing Small Business (Designation) in Bankruptcy
• Resolution Authority: Dodd-Shelby Amendment, Voting Rules, Missing an Umpire

Above the Law

• Student Loans for Homeless People
• Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg Cracks Down on Bankruptcy Lawyers at Weil, Jones Day, and Milbank
• Morning Docket 05.03.10
• The Next Bubble: Law School Tuition

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

A Clean Slate – the Bankruptcy Law Blog by Andy Winchell

• Four Ways That Student Loan Debt Is Like a Tattoo

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• Proposed Bill Would Change Role of Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Handling Student Loans Outside of Bankruptcy
• Student Loan Disasters
• The Worst Debt You Can Have: Student Loans: Part I, Part II, and Part III
• What Can I Do about My Student Loans?
• Student Loans: Here’s the Best Way to Pay Them in a Chapter 13 Plan

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Student Loan “Undue Hardship” Must Exist at Time of Filing Bankruptcy Case
• $480,000 Student Loan Debt Disqualifies Applicant From Obtaining License to Practice Law
• More Student Loans, School Expenses Not Discharged in Bankruptcy
• Should You Tap Savings or Borrow for College?
• Student Loans: Paradise for Debt Scavengers
• Will Changes in Student Loan Law Help Me?
• Student Loan Forgiveness, Fact or Fantasy?
• What Is a College Degree Worth to a 45-year-old Woman?

***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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

Credit Slips

• Resolution Authority: The New Court, What’s Wrong with the Dodd Bill, What’s Wrong with the Republicans’ Argument, Is It Constitutional?, Safe Harbors
• The President on Financial Reform
• How to Find the Owner of Your Mortgage
• Can You Deduct an Expense for a Car You Own?
• Putting the Bankruptcy Option Back on the Table for Distressed Homeowners
• Collateral and Derivatives
• Wanted: People with Good Credit for Low-Paying Jobs

Going Concern

• One of These Things Is Not Like The Other: How Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers Hid the Ball from Investors
• The FASB Punts Repo Accounting to the SEC
• Fuld: Ernst & Young “Supported” Lehman’s Repo 105 Treatment
• Did Lehman’s Arrangement with Hudson Violate Accounting Principles?
• Why a Big 4 Failure Is Imminent and What It Will Mean

Point of Law

• Group: Bankrupt Chemical Maker Owes another #9 Billion

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Basketball ‘Bad Boy’ Mahorn Files for Bankruptcy
• Volcano Disrupts Aluminum Maker’s Chapter 11 Case
• Hacker’s Friends Save Assets from Seizure
• Judges Back New Bankruptcy Disclosure Rules
• LyondellBasell Execs Set for Big Paydays
• Citadel Wants Investor to sell 16M Shares
• Hecker’s Assets Tagged for Auction
• The Daily Docket: San Diego Bankruptcy Talk Called ‘Silly’
• Graffiti-Covered Fuld Portrait Could Be Valuable Asset
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Lenders Continue to Clash in Court
• Ex-Franchisee Seeks Relief for Taco Del Mar ‘Disaster’
• Blixseth among Delinquent California Taxpayers
• Bankruptcy Nixes Coyotes as All-Star Game Host
• Lease Trouble Could Spell End for Vegas Night Club
• Ex-NBA Star Derrick Coleman Files for Bankruptcy
• Dykstra Strikes Back at Bankruptcy Judge

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• HAMP Mortgage Modification and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• HAMP Notes

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

• Money for Failed Modifications Goes to Banks, Not Homeowners

CreditSlips.org

• Redemption (of the 722 variety) for Struggling Homeowners
• Today’s Consumers Prefer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 3 to 1

Consumer Law & Policy Blog

• Mortgage Crisis Update: Treasury Tinkers with Failed HAMP Program, Delinquencies and Foreclosures Stubbornly Refuse to Go Away
• Latest HAMP Report: Treasury Program a Failure

***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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

Law Shucks

• 6 Things You Didn’t Know About the Bankruptcy Lawyers of the Decade

Point of Law

• Group: Bankrupt Chemical Maker Owes another $9 Billion

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Rothstein’s Business Partner Files For Chapter 7
• Denny Hecker Held Responsible For $400 Million
• Petters Sentenced To 50 Years Behind Bars
• Chapter 11 Can Be Fun, Hot
• Dykstra Strikes Out In Bid To End Bankruptcy Case
• Gemstone Shopping Channel Enters Chapter 11
• Arby’s Franchisee Serves Up Chapter 11 Filing
• The Daily Docket: Rock & Republic Files For Bankruptcy
• Harrisburg, PA, May Miss Debt Payment
• Maker of Collapsed Cowboys’ Dome Seeks Creditor Protection
• For Mortgage Industry, It’s Win Some, Lose Some

Above the Law

• Career Center: Practice Area Survey and Results

Credit Slips

• The Rhetoric of “Ending” Too Big To Fail
• Experian and FreeCreditReport.com Sink to a New Low
• The Congressional Research Service Says No Real Effect from BAPCPA
• Repo Madness
• The Business of Document Production
• March Bankruptcy Filings Are Up But Not “Spiking”
• The Fed as Distressed Investor
• The Need for More Bankruptcy Knowledge on the Circuit Courts
• Redemption (of the 722 variety) for Struggling Homeowners

Going Concern

• SEC Might Bring Civil Charges Against Ernst & Young Soon, Maybe
• After Constant Lehman/Ernst & Young Press Coverage, the PCAOB Is Ready to Get Serious About Audit Committee Communication

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

• 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

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Bankruptcy Blog Exchange

• LifeLock Fined for Inappropriate Identity Theft Protection Claims
• FTC: Identity Theft Top Complaint in 2009; Potential Data Breach
• Financial News This Week: More Consumer Protection
• Medical Records in Bankruptcy Court
• Is Texting ‘HAITI’ to 90999 A Scam?
• Bankruptcy More A Girl Thing

Bankruptcy Law Network

• Protect Your Privacy in Bankruptcy – Redact!
• Better Business Bureau and Identity Theft Prevention—Not Just An Agency to Call to Complain
• Beware of Fake Debt Collectors
• Online Pay Lenders: The Next Wave of Identity Theft?
• My Social Security Number Is Protected During Bankruptcy, Right?
• Identity Theft Involving Children’s Social Security Numbers

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Bankruptcy Man continues his epic battle against the ominous and powerful Mortgantua. Click here for a refresher on ongoing the BAPCPA Man vs Mortgantua saga.

• Click here for an informative post titled “Reflections on Bootcamp“ by bankruptcy lawyer Andy Winchell on his Clean Slate blog.
• Also, in the Wall Street Journal’s Bankruptcy Beat Blog there’s an article on the most influential bankruptcy lawyers of the decade and an interesting comment by bankruptcy lawyer John Cantrell questioning the lack of inclusion of O. Max Gardner on the list.

For more information on Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Bootcamp, go to MaxBankruptcyBootcamp.com.  Click here to see the ABC News Nightline feature on Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Bootcamp.  And click here to see the Wikipedia entry on Max’s eponymous grandfather who served a term as governor of North Carolina from 1929-33.

For additional information on mortgage and foreclosure, here are a few blog posts:

Bruce Weiner (Rosenberg Musso & Weiner) – NYBankruptcyNet (Brooklyn, NY)

• No Mortgage Cramdown Bill for Christmas

Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)

• Haines & Krieger’s Las Vegas Foreclosure Round-up
• Capitalism, bankruptcy, foreclosure and hell

Eugene Melchionne, Esq. – ConsumerBankruptcyTips.com (Waterbury, CT)

• Attorney Melchionne featured in NYTimes article on family’s fight against foreclosure in Connecticut

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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.  He speaks Japanese and focuses on comparative and international law, as well as international business.

Above the Law

• Supreme Court Tackles Student Loan Debt
• Breaking: Ninth Circuit Stiffs Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: Dodd Requests Investigation of Lehman “Accounting Manipulation”; Ernst & Young Makes Case to Audit Committee Members; House Passes Health Care Reform | 03.22.10
• Ernst & Young Looking at More Civil and Criminal Liability for Lehman Failure
• Ernst & Young: Talking Points on Lehman Brothers

Credit Slips

• Ambac & the Safe Harbors
• Credit Bidding
• Today’s Consumers Prefer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 3 to 1
• Consumer Protection & Bank Soundness
• The Financial Stability Oversight Council
• Financial Consumer Protection—The Last Thing We Need Is Federal Banking Oversight
• Debt and the People, Part II: The Hot…and Concluding Disquietudes [Read Part I here]

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Trustee Slams Dykstra’s Bid to Exit Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Bankruptcy for Ambac?
• The Daily Docket: Lehman Seeks Investment Partner
• Salon Files for Bankruptcy on Eve of Owner’s Trial
• Chrysler Seeks American Motors Retirees
• The Daily Docket: VP Warned Lehman Execs
• Hecker Accused of Ransacking Family’s Trust Funds
• Visteon Shares Soar on…Well, Anyway, They Soar
• Maker of Green Products Seeks to Recycle Its Debt
• The Daily Docket: Bankruptcy for Blockbuster?

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