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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Hear Complaints Regarding Credit History
by J. Michael McBride on 6/10/2013 11:10:54 AM
Consumers can now lodge complaints against financial institutions regarding their credit history/score.  Although the bureau states that it enforces 18 consumer protection laws, a spokeswoman for...

Advisers Give Dewey & LeBoeuf $23.6 million Tab
by J. Michael McBride on 5/13/2013 10:38:51 AM
Various financial, restructuring, and legal advisers submitted final fee requests totaling $23.6 million in the bankruptcy case...

2013 Veterans & The Law CLE Seminar
by J. Michael McBride on 4/24/2013 9:26:06 AM
The 2013 Veterans & the Law CLE Seminar, hosted by the Tarrant County Bar Association, will take place on May 1st at 1:30 PM at the Tarrant County Bar Association in downtown Fort Worth.  A n...

Regulators to Review Forced-Place Insurance
by J. Michael McBride on 4/4/2013 12:14:05 PM
Regulators are looking at the rates and business practices of companies that provide force-placed coverage.  Force-placed coverage is insurance for mortgage lenders when homeowners stop...

Fannie Mae to Allow Borrowers to Modify Loans without Documentation
by J. Michael McBride on 4/1/2013 9:51:09 AM
Borrowers that are significantly delinquent in loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be able to reduce their monthly mortgage payments without having to document their finances.  The ne...

SAC Capital Advisors Manager Accused of Pressuring Analyst for Inside Information
by J. Michael McBride on 2/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
Prosecutors are seeking to obtain an indictment against a former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Michael Steinberg.  Steinberg specialized in technology stocks at SAC's Sigma Ca...

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Banking & Bankruptcy
  • Banking
    • Bailed Out Executives Still Receiving Generous Compensation
    • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Hear Complaints Regarding Credit History
    • Fannie Mae to Allow Borrowers to Modify Loans without Documentation
    • FTC Report Details Errors of the Credit Reporting Industry
    • Geithner Faces Congress on LIBOR Scandal
  • Economic News
    • Another Day Another City Files Bankruptcy
    • Did The Federal Reserve Play a Role in MF Global's Collapse
    • Fannie and Freddie Employees Rake in the Big Bucks!
    • Greek Austerity Risks Depression
    • Largest Muni Bankruptcy, Jefferson County Ala.
    • North Texas Prosecutors Target White Collar Crime
    • Regulators to Review Forced-Place Insurance
    • SAC Capital Advisors Manager Accused of Pressuring Analyst for Inside Information
    • State of Bankruptcy
    • Student Loan Debt on the Rise
    • The FHA Selling Off Foreclosed Homes
    • Two American Win Nobel Economics Prize
    • Understanding the Impact of the Birmingham Bankruptcy
  • Fun Stuff
    • 2013 Veterans & The Law CLE Seminar
    • Expensive Car Crash
    • Only on Friday
  • Interesting Cases
    • Advisers Give Dewey & LeBoeuf $23.6 million Tab
    • American Apparel Dodges Bankruptcy
    • AMR & US Airways Approve Merger
    • Avoid Debt Limit by Minting a One Trillion Dollar Coin......Not So Fast
    • Baker McKenzie Sued
    • Bankruptcy Trustees Sue Law Firms
    • Chapter 7 Debtor has 240 Pairs of Shoes
    • Dynegy Bankruptcy Filing
    • Eva Longoria Files Ch 11
    • Famed Designer Betsey Johnson Files Chapter 11
    • Judge May Issue Sanctions for Slurs
    • Lift Stay Denied Because US Bank Cannot Prove Ownership
    • More on Longoria Filing
    • New Case Re Transacting Business in Texas
    • Opinion on Defense of Marriage Act…by a Bankrutpcy
    • Patterns: Rise and Fall of Rich
    • Prince Turns the Tables on Debt Collectors
    • Recent Case on Discharge
    • Risky Business or when not to add a lateral hire
    • Saab May File Bankrutpcy
    • Suzuki's American Division Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
    • Tax preparation company files for chapter 11
    • Thelen Trustee Files 98 Lawsuits
    • Was the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Bankruptcy Filing